Proverbs.json

{"verses": [{"chapter": 1, "text": "The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; [which] taketh away the life of the owners thereof.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, [saying, ]", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.", "verse": 30}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.", "verse": 31}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.", "verse": 32}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.", "verse": 33}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding;", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy voice for understanding;", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures;", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: [he is] a buckler to them that walk uprightly.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; [yea,] every good path.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "To deliver thee from the way of the evil [man,] from the man that speaketh froward things;", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of the wicked;", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] froward in their paths:", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men,] and keep the paths of the righteous.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son [in whom] he delighteth.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "For the merchandise of it [is] better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "She [is] more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "Length of days [is] in her right hand; [and] in her left hand riches and honour.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths [are] peace.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do [it. ]", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.", "verse": 30}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.", "verse": 31}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "For the froward [is] abomination to the LORD: but his secret [is] with the righteous.", "verse": 32}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.", "verse": 33}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.", "verse": 34}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.", "verse": 35}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "For I was my father's son, tender and only [beloved] in the sight of my mother.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep her; for she [is] thy life.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men. ]", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "For they [are] life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the issues of life.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to my understanding:", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips may keep knowledge.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, [that] thou canst not know [them. ]", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours [be] in the house of a stranger;", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, [and] rivers of waters in the streets.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "[Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, [if] thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "Do this now, my son, deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter,] and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "Provideth her meat in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "Frowardness [is] in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, seven [are] an abomination unto him:", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "Bind them continually upon thine heart, [and] tie them about thy neck.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light; and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life:", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "For by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "[Men] do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;", "verse": 30}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "But [if] he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.", "verse": 31}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "[But] whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul.", "verse": 32}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.", "verse": 33}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "For jealousy [is] the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.", "verse": 34}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.", "verse": 35}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "Say unto wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call understanding [thy] kinswoman:", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "And, behold, there met him a woman [with] the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "(She [is] loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "Now [is she] without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "So she caught him, and kissed him, [and] with an impudent face said unto him,", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "[I have] peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved [works,] with fine linen of Egypt.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "For the goodman [is] not at home, he is gone a long journey:", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "He hath taken a bag of money with him, [and] will come home at the day appointed.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it [is] for his life.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong [men] have been slain by her.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "Her house [is] the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice [is] to the sons of man.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips [shall be] right things.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "All the words of my mouth [are] in righteousness; [there is] nothing froward or perverse in them.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "They [are] all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "For wisdom [is] better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "The fear of the LORD [is] to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "Counsel [is] mine, and sound wisdom: I [am] understanding; I have strength.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "By me princes rule, and nobles, [even] all the judges of the earth.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "Riches and honour [are] with me; [yea,] durable riches and righteousness.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "My fruit [is] better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "When [there were] no depths, I was brought forth; when [there were] no fountains abounding with water.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "When he prepared the heavens, I [was] there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "Then I was by him, [as] one brought up [with him:] and I was daily [his] delight, rejoicing always before him;", "verse": 30}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights [were] with the sons of men.", "verse": 31}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed [are they that] keep my ways.", "verse": 32}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.", "verse": 33}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "Blessed [is] the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.", "verse": 34}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.", "verse": 35}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.", "verse": 36}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine [which] I have mingled.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "Give [instruction] to a wise [man,] and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man,] and he will increase in learning.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it.]", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knoweth nothing.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "To call passengers who go right on their ways:", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod [is] for the back of him that is void of understanding.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city: the destruction of the poor [is] their poverty.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "The labour of the righteous [tendeth] to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "He [is in] the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, [is] a fool.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "The tongue of the just [is as] choice silver: the heart of the wicked [is] little worth.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "[It is] as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "As the whirlwind passeth, so [is] the wicked no [more:] but the righteous [is] an everlasting foundation.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so [is] the sluggard to them that send him.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "The way of the LORD [is] strength to the upright: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.", "verse": 30}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.", "verse": 31}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked [speaketh] frowardness.", "verse": 32}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "A false balance [is] abomination to the LORD: but a just weight [is] his delight.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "[When] pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly [is] wisdom.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in [their own] naughtiness.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "When a wicked man dieth, [his] expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust [men] perisheth.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "An hypocrite with [his] mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, [there is] shouting.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "Where no counsel [is,] the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors [there is] safety.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "He that is surety for a stranger shall smart [for it:] and he that hateth suretiship is sure.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong [men] retain riches.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but [he that is] cruel troubleth his own flesh.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "As righteousness [tendeth] to life: so he that pursueth evil [pursueth it] to his own death.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "They that are of a froward heart [are] abomination to the LORD: but [such as are] upright in [their] way [are] his delight.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "[Though] hand [join] in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "[As] a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, [so is] a fair woman which is without discretion.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked [is] wrath.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and [there is] that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] to poverty.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing [shall be] upon the head of him that selleth [it. ]", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart.", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and he that winneth souls [is] wise.", "verse": 30}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.", "verse": 31}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "A good [man] obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the counsels of the wicked [are] deceit.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "[He that is] despised, and hath a servant, [is] better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "The wicked desireth the net of evil [men:] but the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit. ]", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "The wicked is snared by the transgression of [his] lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of [his] mouth: and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent [man] covereth shame.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "[He that] speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue [is] but for a moment.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace [is] joy.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "The righteous [is] more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "The slothful [man] roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the pathway [thereof there is] no death.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "A man shall eat good by the fruit of [his] mouth: but the soul of the transgressors [shall eat] violence.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: [but] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "A righteous [man] hateth lying: but a wicked [man] is loathsome, and cometh to shame.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "Righteousness keepeth [him that is] upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "There is that maketh himself rich, yet [hath] nothing: [there is] that maketh himself poor, yet [hath] great riches.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "The ransom of a man's life [are] his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised [is] wisdom.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors [is] hard.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open [his] folly.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador [is] health.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but [it is] abomination to fools to depart from evil.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repaid.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "A good [man] leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor: but there is [that is] destroyed for want of judgment.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but [he that is] perverse in his ways despiseth him.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "Where no oxen [are,] the crib [is] clean: but much increase [is] by the strength of the ox.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not: but knowledge [is] easy unto him that understandeth.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not [in him] the lips of knowledge.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way: but the folly of fools [is] deceit.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous [there is] favour.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth [is] heaviness.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "The simple believeth every word: but the prudent [man] looketh well to his going.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "[He that is] soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich [hath] many friends.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy [is] he.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth [shall be] to them that devise good.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "The crown of the wise is their riches: [but] the foolishness of fools [is] folly.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful [witness] speaketh lies.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "In the fear of the LORD [is] strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "The fear of the LORD [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "In the multitude of people [is] the king's honour: but in the want of people [is] the destruction of the prince.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "[He that is] slow to wrath [is] of great understanding: but [he that is] hasty of spirit exalteth folly.", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "A sound heart [is] the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.", "verse": 30}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.", "verse": 31}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.", "verse": 32}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but [that which is] in the midst of fools is made known.", "verse": 33}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin [is] a reproach to any people.", "verse": 34}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "The king's favour [is] toward a wise servant: but his wrath is [against] him that causeth shame.", "verse": 35}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "The eyes of the LORD [are] in every place, beholding the evil and the good.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "A wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but perverseness therein [is] a breach in the spirit.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "In the house of the righteous [is] much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright [is] his delight.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "The way of the wicked [is] an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "Correction [is] grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: [and] he that hateth reproof shall die.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "Hell and destruction [are] before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "All the days of the afflicted [are] evil: but he that is of a merry heart [hath] a continual feast.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "Better [is] little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "Better [is] a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but [he that is] slow to anger appeaseth strife.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "The way of the slothful [man is] as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous [is] made plain.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word [spoken] in due season, how good [is it! ]", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "The way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "The thoughts of the wicked [are] an abomination to the LORD: but [the words] of the pure [are] pleasant words.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "The LORD [is] far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: [and] a good report maketh the bones fat.", "verse": 30}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.", "verse": 31}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.", "verse": 32}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "The fear of the LORD [is] the instruction of wisdom; and before honour [is] humility.", "verse": 33}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, [is] from the LORD.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "All the ways of a man [are] clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "The LORD hath made all [things] for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "Every one [that is] proud in heart [is] an abomination to the LORD: [though] hand [join] in hand, he shall not be unpunished.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD [men] depart from evil.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "Better [is] a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "A divine sentence [is] in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "A just weight and balance [are] the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag [are] his work.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "[It is] an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "Righteous lips [are] the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "The wrath of a king [is as] messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "In the light of the king's countenance [is] life; and his favour [is] as a cloud of the latter rain.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "How much better [is it] to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "The highway of the upright [is] to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "Pride [goeth] before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "Better [it is to be] of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy [is] he.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "Understanding [is] a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools [is] folly.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a burning fire.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way [that is] not good.", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.", "verse": 30}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "The hoary head [is] a crown of glory, [if] it be found in the way of righteousness.", "verse": 31}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "[He that is] slow to anger [is] better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.", "verse": 32}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof [is] of the LORD.", "verse": 33}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices [with] strife.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; [and] a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "Children's children [are] the crown of old men; and the glory of children [are] their fathers.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "A gift [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth [very] friends.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both [are] abomination to the LORD.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it? ]", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "A man void of understanding striketh hands, [and] becometh surety in the presence of his friend.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "He loveth transgression that loveth strife: [and] he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "Also to punish the just [is] not good, [nor] to strike princes for equity.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "He that hath knowledge spareth his words: [and] a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh [and] intermeddleth with all wisdom.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "When the wicked cometh, [then] cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "The words of a man's mouth [are as] deep waters, [and] the wellspring of wisdom [as] a flowing brook.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "[It is] not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "A fool's mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are] the snare of his soul.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "The name of the LORD [is] a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour [is] humility.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "He that answereth a matter before he heareth [it,] it [is] folly and shame unto him.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "[He that is] first in his own cause [seemeth] just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city: and [their] contentions [are] like the bars of a castle.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; [and] with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "[Whoso] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing,] and obtaineth favour of the LORD.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "A man [that hath] friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "Better [is] the poor that walketh in his integrity, than [he that is] perverse in his lips, and is a fool.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "Also, [that] the soul [be] without knowledge, [it is] not good; and he that hasteth with [his] feet sinneth.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall not escape.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man [is] a friend to him that giveth gifts.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth [them with] words, [yet] they [are] wanting [to him. ]", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: [he that] keepeth understanding shall find good.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and [it is] his glory to pass over a transgression.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "The king's wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion; but his favour [is] as dew upon the grass.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "House and riches [are] the inheritance of fathers and a prudent wife [is] from the LORD.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; [but] he that despiseth his ways shall die.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver [him,] yet thou must do it again.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "[There are] many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "The desire of a man [is] his kindness: and a poor man [is] better than a liar.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "The fear of the LORD [tendeth] to life: and [he that hath it] shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "A slothful [man] hideth his hand in [his] bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "He that wasteth [his] father, [and] chaseth away [his] mother, [is] a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "Cease, my son, to hear the instruction [that causeth] to err from the words of knowledge.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoso] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "[It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "The just [man] walketh in his integrity: his children [are] blessed after him.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "Divers weights, [and] divers measures, both of them [are] alike abomination to the LORD.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work [be] pure, and whether [it be] right.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "[It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "[Every] purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "Say not thou, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "Divers weights [are] an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance [is] not good.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "[It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make enquiry.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty of old men [is] the grey head.", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so [do] stripes the inward parts of the belly.", "verse": 30}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "The king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "An high look, and a proud heart, [and] the plowing of the wicked, [is] sin.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one [that is] hasty only to want.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "The way of man [is] froward and strange: but [as for] the pure, his work [is] right.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "[It is] better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of the wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their] wickedness.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "[It is] joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "He that loveth pleasure [shall be] a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "The wicked [shall be] a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "[It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "[There is] treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "A wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "Proud [and] haughty scorner [is] his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "The sacrifice of the wicked [is] abomination: how much more, [when] he bringeth it with a wicked mind?", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "A wicked man hardeneth his face: but [as for] the upright, he directeth his way.", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "[There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.", "verse": 30}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "The horse [is] prepared against the day of battle: but safety [is] of the LORD.", "verse": 31}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches, [and] loving favour rather than silver and gold.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "By humility [and] the fear of the LORD [are] riches, and honour, and life.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to the lender.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the king [shall be] his friend.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean [men.]", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee:", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given to appetite.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful meat.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "For as he thinketh in his heart, so [is] he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart [is] not with thee.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "The morsel [which] thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "Let not thine heart envy sinners: but [be thou] in the fear of the LORD all the day long.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise [child] shall have joy of him.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.", "verse": 30}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright.", "verse": 31}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.", "verse": 32}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.", "verse": 33}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.", "verse": 34}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "They have stricken me, [shalt thou say, and] I was not sick; they have beaten me, [and] I felt [it] not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.", "verse": 35}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "A wise man [is] strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors [there is] safety.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner [is] an abomination to men.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "[If] thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength [is] small.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto death, and [those that are] ready to be slain;", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider [it?] and he that keepeth thy soul, doth [not] he know [it?] and shall [not] he render to [every] man according to his works?", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste:", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "So [shall] the knowledge of wisdom [be] unto thy soul: when thou hast found [it,] then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "Lay not wait, O wicked [man,] against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "For a just [man] falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "Lest the LORD see [it,] and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "Fret not thyself because of evil [men,] neither be thou envious at the wicked;", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "For there shall be no reward to the evil [man;] the candle of the wicked shall be put out.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: [and] meddle not with them that are given to change:", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "He that saith unto the wicked, Thou [art] righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "[Every man] shall kiss [his] lips that giveth a right answer.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive [not] with thy lips.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;", "verse": 30}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.", "verse": 31}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, and] received instruction.", "verse": 32}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:", "verse": 33}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.", "verse": 34}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "These [are] also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "[It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings [is] unsearchable.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "Take away the wicked [from] before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great [men: ]", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "For better [it is] that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "Go not forth hastily to strive, lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "Debate thy cause with thy neighbour [himself;] and discover not a secret to another:", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "Lest he that heareth [it] put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "A word fitly spoken [is like] apples of gold in pictures of silver.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "[As] an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [so is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, [so is] a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift [is like] clouds and wind without rain.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and [so] hate thee.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour [is] a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble [is like] a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "[As] he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, [and as] vinegar upon nitre, so [is] he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "The north wind driveth away rain: so [doth] an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "[It is] better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "[As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so [is] good news from a far country.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "A righteous man falling down before the wicked [is as] a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "[It is ]not good to eat much honey: so [for men ]to search their own glory [is not ]glory.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "He that [hath] no rule over his own spirit [is like] a city [that is] broken down, [and] without walls.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, [and] drinketh damage.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "The legs of the lame are not equal: so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so [is] he that giveth honour to a fool.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "[As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "The great [God] that formed all [things] both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "As a dog returneth to his vomit, [so] a fool returneth to his folly.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion in the way; a lion [is] in the streets.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "[As] the door turneth upon his hinges, so [doth] the slothful upon his bed.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "The slothful hideth his hand in [his] bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "The sluggard [is] wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "He that passeth by, [and] meddleth with strife [belonging] not to him, [is like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "As a mad [man] who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "So [is] the man [that] deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "Where no wood is, [there] the fire goeth out: so where [there is] no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "[As] coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire; so [is] a contentious man to kindle strife.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "Burning lips and a wicked heart [are like] a potsherd covered with silver dross.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for [there are] seven abominations in his heart.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "[Whose] hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the [whole] congregation.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath [is] heavier than them both.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: [for] better [is] a neighbour [that is] near than a brother far off.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, [which] bewrayeth [itself. ]", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "As in water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "[As] the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his praise.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from him.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look well to thy herds.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "For riches [are] not for ever: and doth the crown [endure] to every generation?", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "The lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "And [thou shalt have] goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and [for] the maintenance for thy maidens.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "For the transgression of a land many [are] the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding [and] knowledge the state [thereof] shall be prolonged.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "A poor man that oppresseth the poor [is like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all [things. ]", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "Whoso keepeth the law [is] a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous [men] shameth his father.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer [shall be] abomination.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good [things] in possession.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "The rich man [is] wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "When righteous [men] do rejoice, [there is] great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "Happy [is] the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "[As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; [so is] a wicked ruler over the poor people.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "The prince that wanteth understanding [is] also a great oppressor: [but] he that hateth covetousness shall prolong [his] days.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "A man that doeth violence to the blood of [any] person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but [he that is] perverse [in his] ways shall fall at once.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "To have respect of persons [is] not good: for for a piece of bread [that] man will transgress.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "He that hasteth to be rich [hath] an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, [It is] no transgression; the same [is] the companion of a destroyer.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "He, that being often reproved hardeneth [his] neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth [his] substance.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "In the transgression of an evil man [there is] a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: [but] the wicked regardeth not to know [it. ]", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise [men] turn away wrath.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "[If] a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, [there is] no rest.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise [man] keepeth it in till afterwards.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants [are] wicked.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left [to himself] bringeth his mother to shame.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "Where [there is] no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy [is] he.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "Seest thou a man [that is] hasty in his words? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become [his] son at the length.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth [it] not.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "Many seek the ruler's favour; but [every] man's judgment [cometh] from the LORD.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "An unjust man [is] an abomination to the just: and [he that is] upright in the way [is] abomination to the wicked.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, [even] the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "Surely I [am] more brutish than [any] man, and have not the understanding of a man.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what [is] his name, and what [is] his son's name, if thou canst tell?", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "Every word of God [is] pure: he [is] a shield unto them that put their trust in him.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "Two [things] have I required of thee; deny me [them] not before I die:", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "Lest I be full, and deny [thee,] and say, Who [is] the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God [in vain. ]", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "[There is] a generation [that] curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "[There is] a generation [that are] pure in their own eyes, and [yet] is not washed from their filthiness.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "[There is] a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "[There is] a generation, whose teeth [are as] swords, and their jaw teeth [as] knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from [among] men.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "The horseleach hath two daughters, [crying,] Give, give. There are three [things that are] never satisfied, [yea,] four [things] say not, [It is] enough:", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "The grave; and the barren womb; the earth [that] is not filled with water; and the fire [that] saith not, [It is] enough.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "The eye [that] mocketh at [his] father, and despiseth to obey [his] mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "There be three [things which] are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "For three [things] the earth is disquieted, and for four [which] it cannot bear:", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "For an odious [woman] when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "There be four [things which are] little upon the earth, but they [are] exceeding wise:", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "The ants [are] a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "The conies [are but] a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "There be three [things] which go well, yea, four are comely in going:", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "A lion [which is] strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;", "verse": 30}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom [there is] no rising up.", "verse": 31}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] thine hand upon thy mouth.", "verse": 32}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.", "verse": 33}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "[It is] not for kings, O Lemuel, [it is] not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price [is] far above rubies.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "She perceiveth that her merchandise [is] good: her candle goeth not out by night.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household [are] clothed with scarlet.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing [is] silk and purple.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "She maketh fine linen, and selleth [it;] and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "Strength and honour [are] her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue [is] the law of kindness.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband [also,] and he praiseth her.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "Favour [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain: [but] a woman [that] feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.", "verse": 30}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.", "verse": 31}], "id": "proverbs", "title": "The Proverbs"}