The Proverbs

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Proverbs Chapter 1 Ordered by Punctuation

Links to sentences in this chapter:

C1-S1 (Verse 1-4), C1-S2 (Verse 5-6), C1-S3 (Verse 7), C1-S4 (Verse 8-9), C1-S5 (Verse 10), C1-S6 (Verse 11-16), C1-S7 (Verse 17), C1-S8 (Verse 18), C1-S9 (Verse 19), C1-S10 (Verse 20-22), C1-S11 (Verse 22), C1-S12 (Verse 23), C1-S13 (Verse 24-27), C1-S14 (Verse 28-30), C1-S15 (Verse 31), C1-S16 (Verse 32), C1-S17 (Verse 33).

C1-S1 (Verse 1-4) Parts of sentence below are steps.

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The proverbs of Solomon the son of David,
king of Israel;

To know wisdom and instruction;
to perceive the words of understanding;
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To receive the instruction of wisdom,
justice,
and judgment,
and equity;

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To give subtilty to the simple,
to the young man knowledge and discretion.

C1-S2 (Verse 5-6) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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A wise man will hear,
and will increase learning;

and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

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To understand a proverb,
and the interpretation;

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the words of the wise,
and their dark sayings.

C1-S3 (Verse 7) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge:
but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

C1-S4 (Verse 8-9) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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My son,
hear the instruction of thy father,
and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head,
and chains about thy neck.

C1-S5 (Verse 10) Each phrase below has equal importance.

My son,
if sinners entice thee,
consent thou not.

C1-S6 (Verse 11-16) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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If they say,
Come with us,
let us lay wait for blood,
let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

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Let us swallow them up alive as the grave;
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and whole,
as those that go down into the pit:

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We shall find all precious substance,
we shall fill our houses with spoil:

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Cast in thy lot among us;
let us all have one purse:

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My son,
walk not thou in the way with them;

refrain thy foot from their path:

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For their feet run to evil,
and make haste to shed blood.

C1-S7 (Verse 17) Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

C1-S8 (Verse 18) Parts of sentence below are steps.

And they lay wait for their own blood;
they lurk privily for their own lives.

C1-S9 (Verse 19) Parts of sentence below are steps.

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain;
which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

C1-S10 (Verse 20-22) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Wisdom crieth without;
she uttereth her voice in the streets:

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She crieth in the chief place of concourse,
in the openings of the gates:

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in the city she uttereth her words,
saying ,
How long,
ye simple ones,
will ye love simplicity?

C1-S11 (Verse 22) Each phrase below has equal importance.

and the scorners delight in their scorning,
and fools hate knowledge?

C1-S12 (Verse 23) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Turn you at my reproof:
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behold,
I will pour out my spirit unto you,
I will make known my words unto you.

C1-S13 (Verse 24-27) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Because I have called,
and ye refused;

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I have stretched out my hand,
and no man regarded;

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But ye have set at nought all my counsel,
and would none of my reproof:

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I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when your fear cometh;
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When your fear cometh as desolation,
and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind;

when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

C1-S14 (Verse 28-30) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Then shall they call upon me,
but I will not answer;

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they shall seek me early,
but they shall not find me:

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For that they hated knowledge,
and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

They would none of my counsel:
they despised all my reproof.

C1-S15 (Verse 31) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way,
and be filled with their own devices.

C1-S16 (Verse 32) Each phrase below has equal importance.

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them,
and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

C1-S17 (Verse 33) Each phrase below has equal importance.

But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely,
and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

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Proverbs Chapter 2 Ordered by Punctuation

Links to sentences in this chapter:

C2-S1 (Verse 1-5), C2-S2 (Verse 6), C2-S3 (Verse 7), C2-S4 (Verse 8), C2-S5 (Verse 9), C2-S6 (Verse 10-17), C2-S7 (Verse 18), C2-S8 (Verse 19), C2-S9 (Verse 20), C2-S10 (Verse 21), C2-S11 (Verse 22).

C2-S1 (Verse 1-5) Parts of sentence below are steps.

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My son,
if thou wilt receive my words,
and hide my commandments with thee;

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So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom,
and apply thine heart to understanding;

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Yea,
if thou criest after knowledge,
and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

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If thou seekest her as silver,
and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

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Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD,
and find the knowledge of God.

C2-S2 (Verse 6) This sentence has equivalent sections.

For the LORD giveth wisdom:
out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

C2-S3 (Verse 7) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous:
he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

C2-S4 (Verse 8) Each phrase below has equal importance.

He keepeth the paths of judgment,
and preserveth the way of his saints.

C2-S5 (Verse 9) Parts of sentence below are steps.

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Then shalt thou understand righteousness,
and judgment,
and equity;

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yea ,
every good path.

C2-S6 (Verse 10-17) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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When wisdom entereth into thine heart,
and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

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Discretion shall preserve thee,
understanding shall keep thee:

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To deliver thee from the way of the evil man ,
from the man that speaketh froward things;

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Who leave the paths of uprightness,
to walk in the ways of darkness;

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Who rejoice to do evil,
and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

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Whose ways are crooked,
and they froward in their paths:

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To deliver thee from the strange woman,
even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

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Which forsaketh the guide of her youth,
and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

C2-S7 (Verse 18) Each phrase below has equal importance.

For her house inclineth unto death,
and her paths unto the dead.

C2-S8 (Verse 19) Each phrase below has equal importance.

None that go unto her return again,
neither take they hold of the paths of life.

C2-S9 (Verse 20) Each phrase below has equal importance.

That thou mayest walk in the way of good men ,
and keep the paths of the righteous.

C2-S10 (Verse 21) Each phrase below has equal importance.

For the upright shall dwell in the land,
and the perfect shall remain in it.

C2-S11 (Verse 22) Each phrase below has equal importance.

But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth,
and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

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Proverbs Chapter 3 Ordered by Punctuation

Links to sentences in this chapter:

C3-S1 (Verse 1-2), C3-S2 (Verse 3-4), C3-S3 (Verse 5), C3-S4 (Verse 6), C3-S5 (Verse 7), C3-S6 (Verse 8), C3-S7 (Verse 9-10), C3-S8 (Verse 11-12), C3-S9 (Verse 13), C3-S10 (Verse 14), C3-S11 (Verse 15), C3-S12 (Verse 16), C3-S13 (Verse 17), C3-S14 (Verse 18), C3-S15 (Verse 19), C3-S16 (Verse 20), C3-S17 (Verse 21-22), C3-S18 (Verse 23), C3-S19 (Verse 24), C3-S20 (Verse 25), C3-S21 (Verse 26), C3-S22 (Verse 27), C3-S23 (Verse 28), C3-S24 (Verse 29), C3-S25 (Verse 30), C3-S26 (Verse 31), C3-S27 (Verse 32), C3-S28 (Verse 33), C3-S29 (Verse 34), C3-S30 (Verse 35).

C3-S1 (Verse 1-2) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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My son,
forget not my law;

but let thine heart keep my commandments:

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For length of days,
and long life,
and peace,
shall they add to thee.

C3-S2 (Verse 3-4) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee:
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bind them about thy neck;
write them upon the table of thine heart:

So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

C3-S3 (Verse 5) Parts of sentence below are steps.

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;
and lean not unto thine own understanding.

C3-S4 (Verse 6) Each phrase below has equal importance.

In all thy ways acknowledge him,
and he shall direct thy paths.

C3-S5 (Verse 7) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Be not wise in thine own eyes:
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fear the LORD,
and depart from evil.

C3-S6 (Verse 8) Each phrase below has equal importance.

It shall be health to thy navel,
and marrow to thy bones.

C3-S7 (Verse 9-10) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Honour the LORD with thy substance,
and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

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So shall thy barns be filled with plenty,
and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

C3-S8 (Verse 11-12) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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My son,
despise not the chastening of the LORD;

neither be weary of his correction:

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For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth;
even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

C3-S9 (Verse 13) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,
and the man that getteth understanding.

C3-S10 (Verse 14) Each phrase below has equal importance.

For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver,
and the gain thereof than fine gold.

C3-S11 (Verse 15) This sentence has equivalent sections.

She is more precious than rubies:
and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

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Length of days is in her right hand;
and in her left hand riches and honour.

C3-S13 (Verse 17) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
and all her paths are peace.

C3-S14 (Verse 18) This sentence has equivalent sections.

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her:
and happy is every one that retaineth her.

C3-S15 (Verse 19) Parts of sentence below are steps.

The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth;
by understanding hath he established the heavens.

C3-S16 (Verse 20) Each phrase below has equal importance.

By his knowledge the depths are broken up,
and the clouds drop down the dew.

C3-S17 (Verse 21-22) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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My son,
let not them depart from thine eyes:

keep sound wisdom and discretion:
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So shall they be life unto thy soul,
and grace to thy neck.

C3-S18 (Verse 23) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely,
and thy foot shall not stumble.

C3-S19 (Verse 24) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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When thou liest down,
thou shalt not be afraid:

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yea,
thou shalt lie down,
and thy sleep shall be sweet.

C3-S20 (Verse 25) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Be not afraid of sudden fear,
neither of the desolation of the wicked,
when it cometh.

C3-S21 (Verse 26) Each phrase below has equal importance.

For the LORD shall be thy confidence,
and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

C3-S22 (Verse 27) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due,
when it is in the power of thine hand to do it .

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Say not unto thy neighbour,
Go,
and come again,
and to morrow I will give;

when thou hast it by thee.

C3-S24 (Verse 29) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Devise not evil against thy neighbour,
seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

C3-S25 (Verse 30) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Strive not with a man without cause,
if he have done thee no harm.

C3-S26 (Verse 31) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Envy thou not the oppressor,
and choose none of his ways.

C3-S27 (Verse 32) This sentence has equivalent sections.

For the froward is abomination to the LORD:
but his secret is with the righteous.

C3-S28 (Verse 33) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked:
but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

C3-S29 (Verse 34) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Surely he scorneth the scorners:
but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

C3-S30 (Verse 35) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The wise shall inherit glory:
but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

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Proverbs Chapter 4 Ordered by Punctuation

Links to sentences in this chapter:

C4-S1 (Verse 1), C4-S2 (Verse 2), C4-S3 (Verse 3), C4-S4 (Verse 4), C4-S5 (Verse 5), C4-S6 (Verse 6), C4-S7 (Verse 7), C4-S8 (Verse 8), C4-S9 (Verse 9), C4-S10 (Verse 10), C4-S11 (Verse 11), C4-S12 (Verse 12), C4-S13 (Verse 13), C4-S14 (Verse 14), C4-S15 (Verse 15), C4-S16 (Verse 16), C4-S17 (Verse 17), C4-S18 (Verse 18), C4-S19 (Verse 19), C4-S20 (Verse 20), C4-S21 (Verse 21), C4-S22 (Verse 22), C4-S23 (Verse 23), C4-S24 (Verse 24), C4-S25 (Verse 25), C4-S26 (Verse 26), C4-S27 (Verse 27).

C4-S1 (Verse 1) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Hear,
ye children,
the instruction of a father,
and attend to know understanding.

C4-S2 (Verse 2) Each phrase below has equal importance.

For I give you good doctrine,
forsake ye not my law.

C4-S3 (Verse 3) Each phrase below has equal importance.

For I was my father's son,
tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

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He taught me also,
and said unto me,
Let thine heart retain my words:

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keep my commandments,
and live.

C4-S5 (Verse 5) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Get wisdom,
get understanding:

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forget it not;
neither decline from the words of my mouth.

C4-S6 (Verse 6) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Forsake her not,
and she shall preserve thee:

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love her,
and she shall keep thee.

C4-S7 (Verse 7) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Wisdom is the principal thing;
therefore get wisdom:

and with all thy getting get understanding.

C4-S8 (Verse 8) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Exalt her,
and she shall promote thee:

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she shall bring thee to honour,
when thou dost embrace her.

C4-S9 (Verse 9) This sentence has equivalent sections.

She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace:
a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

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Hear,
O my son,
and receive my sayings;

and the years of thy life shall be many.

C4-S11 (Verse 11) Parts of sentence below are steps.

I have taught thee in the way of wisdom;
I have led thee in right paths.

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When thou goest,
thy steps shall not be straitened;

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and when thou runnest,
thou shalt not stumble.

C4-S13 (Verse 13) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Take fast hold of instruction;
let her not go:

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keep her;
for she is thy life.

C4-S14 (Verse 14) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Enter not into the path of the wicked,
and go not in the way of evil men .

C4-S15 (Verse 15) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Avoid it,
pass not by it,
turn from it,
and pass away.

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For they sleep not,
except they have done mischief;

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and their sleep is taken away,
unless they cause some to fall.

C4-S17 (Verse 17) Each phrase below has equal importance.

For they eat the bread of wickedness,
and drink the wine of violence.

C4-S18 (Verse 18) Each phrase below has equal importance.

But the path of the just is as the shining light,
that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

C4-S19 (Verse 19) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The way of the wicked is as darkness:
they know not at what they stumble.

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My son,
attend to my words;

incline thine ear unto my sayings.

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Let them not depart from thine eyes;
keep them in the midst of thine heart.

C4-S22 (Verse 22) Each phrase below has equal importance.

For they are life unto those that find them,
and health to all their flesh.

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Keep thy heart with all diligence;
for out of it are the issues of life.

C4-S24 (Verse 24) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Put away from thee a froward mouth,
and perverse lips put far from thee.

C4-S25 (Verse 25) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Let thine eyes look right on,
and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

C4-S26 (Verse 26) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Ponder the path of thy feet,
and let all thy ways be established.

C4-S27 (Verse 27) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left:
remove thy foot from evil.

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Proverbs Chapter 5 Ordered by Punctuation

Links to sentences in this chapter:

C5-S1 (Verse 1-2), C5-S2 (Verse 3-4), C5-S3 (Verse 5), C5-S4 (Verse 6), C5-S5 (Verse 7), C5-S6 (Verse 8-13), C5-S7 (Verse 14), C5-S8 (Verse 15), C5-S9 (Verse 16), C5-S10 (Verse 17), C5-S11 (Verse 18), C5-S12 (Verse 19), C5-S13 (Verse 20), C5-S14 (Verse 21), C5-S15 (Verse 22), C5-S16 (Verse 23).

C5-S1 (Verse 1-2) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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My son,
attend unto my wisdom,
and bow thine ear to my understanding:

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That thou mayest regard discretion,
and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb,
and her mouth is smoother than oil:

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But her end is bitter as wormwood,
sharp as a twoedged sword.

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Her feet go down to death;
her steps take hold on hell.

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Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life,
her ways are moveable,
that thou canst not know them .

C5-S5 (Verse 7) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Hear me now therefore,
O ye children,
and depart not from the words of my mouth.

C5-S6 (Verse 8-13) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Remove thy way far from her,
and come not nigh the door of her house:

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Lest thou give thine honour unto others,
and thy years unto the cruel:

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Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth;
and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
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And thou mourn at the last,
when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
And say,
How have I hated instruction,
and my heart despised reproof;

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And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers,
nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

C5-S7 (Verse 14) I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

C5-S8 (Verse 15) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Drink waters out of thine own cistern,
and running waters out of thine own well.

C5-S9 (Verse 16) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad,
and rivers of waters in the streets.

C5-S10 (Verse 17) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Let them be only thine own,
and not strangers' with thee.

C5-S11 (Verse 18) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Let thy fountain be blessed:
and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

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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.

C5-S13 (Verse 20) Each phrase below has equal importance.

And why wilt thou,
my son,
be ravished with a strange woman,
and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

C5-S14 (Verse 21) Each phrase below has equal importance.

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD,
and he pondereth all his goings.

C5-S15 (Verse 22) Each phrase below has equal importance.

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself,
and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

C5-S16 (Verse 23) Parts of sentence below are steps.

He shall die without instruction;
and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

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Proverbs Chapter 6 Ordered by Punctuation

Links to sentences in this chapter:

C6-S1 (Verse 1-2), C6-S2 (Verse 3), C6-S3 (Verse 4), C6-S4 (Verse 5), C6-S5 (Verse 6-8), C6-S6 (Verse 9), C6-S7 (Verse 9), C6-S8 (Verse 10-11), C6-S9 (Verse 12), C6-S10 (Verse 13-14), C6-S11 (Verse 15), C6-S12 (Verse 16-19), C6-S13 (Verse 20-21), C6-S14 (Verse 22), C6-S15 (Verse 23-24), C6-S16 (Verse 25), C6-S17 (Verse 26), C6-S18 (Verse 27), C6-S19 (Verse 28), C6-S20 (Verse 29), C6-S21 (Verse 30-31), C6-S22 (Verse 32), C6-S23 (Verse 33), C6-S24 (Verse 34), C6-S25 (Verse 35).

C6-S1 (Verse 1-2) Each phrase below has equal importance.

My son,
if thou be surety for thy friend,
if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth,
thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

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Do this now,
my son,
deliver thyself,
when thou art come into the hand of thy friend;

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go,
humble thyself,
and make sure thy friend.

C6-S3 (Verse 4) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Give not sleep to thine eyes,
nor slumber to thine eyelids.

C6-S4 (Verse 5) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter ,
and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

C6-S5 (Verse 6-8) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Go to the ant,
thou sluggard;

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consider her ways,
and be wise:

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Which having no guide,
overseer,
or ruler,
Provideth her meat in the summer,
and gathereth her food in the harvest.

C6-S6 (Verse 9) Each phrase below has equal importance.

How long wilt thou sleep,
O sluggard?

C6-S7 (Verse 9) when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

C6-S8 (Verse 10-11) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Yet a little sleep,
a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to sleep:

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So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
and thy want as an armed man.

C6-S9 (Verse 12) Each phrase below has equal importance.

A naughty person,
a wicked man,
walketh with a froward mouth.

C6-S10 (Verse 13-14) Parts of sentence below are steps.

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He winketh with his eyes,
he speaketh with his feet,
he teacheth with his fingers;

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Frowardness is in his heart,
he deviseth mischief continually;

he soweth discord.

C6-S11 (Verse 15) Parts of sentence below are steps.

Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly;
suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

C6-S12 (Verse 16-19) This sentence has equivalent sections.

These six things doth the LORD hate:
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yea,
seven are an abomination unto him:

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A proud look,
a lying tongue,
and hands that shed innocent blood,
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations,
feet that be swift in running to mischief,
A false witness that speaketh lies,
and he that soweth discord among brethren.

C6-S13 (Verse 20-21) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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My son,
keep thy father's commandment,
and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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Bind them continually upon thine heart,
and tie them about thy neck.

C6-S14 (Verse 22) Parts of sentence below are steps.

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When thou goest,
it shall lead thee;

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when thou sleepest,
it shall keep thee;

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and when thou awakest,
it shall talk with thee.

C6-S15 (Verse 23-24) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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For the commandment is a lamp;
and the law is light;
and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

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To keep thee from the evil woman,
from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

C6-S16 (Verse 25) Parts of sentence below are steps.

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart;
neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

C6-S17 (Verse 26) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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.

C6-S18 (Verse 27) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Can a man take fire in his bosom,
and his clothes not be burned?

C6-S19 (Verse 28) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Can one go upon hot coals,
and his feet not be burned?

C6-S20 (Verse 29) Parts of sentence below are steps.

So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife;
whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

C6-S21 (Verse 30-31) Parts of sentence below are steps.

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Men do not despise a thief,
if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

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But if he be found,
he shall restore sevenfold;

he shall give all the substance of his house.

C6-S22 (Verse 32) This sentence has equivalent sections.

But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding:
he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

C6-S23 (Verse 33) Parts of sentence below are steps.

A wound and dishonour shall he get;
and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

C6-S24 (Verse 34) This sentence has equivalent sections.

For jealousy is the rage of a man:
therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

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He will not regard any ransom;
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neither will he rest content,
though thou givest many gifts.

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Links to sentences in this chapter:

C7-S1 (Verse 1), C7-S2 (Verse 2), C7-S3 (Verse 3), C7-S4 (Verse 4-5), C7-S5 (Verse 6-10), C7-S6 (Verse 11-12), C7-S7 (Verse 13-14), C7-S8 (Verse 15), C7-S9 (Verse 16), C7-S10 (Verse 17), C7-S11 (Verse 18), C7-S12 (Verse 19-20), C7-S13 (Verse 21), C7-S14 (Verse 22-23), C7-S15 (Verse 24), C7-S16 (Verse 25), C7-S17 (Verse 26), C7-S18 (Verse 27).

C7-S1 (Verse 1) Each phrase below has equal importance.

My son,
keep my words,
and lay up my commandments with thee.

C7-S2 (Verse 2) Parts of sentence below are steps.

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Keep my commandments,
and live;

and my law as the apple of thine eye.

C7-S3 (Verse 3) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Bind them upon thy fingers,
write them upon the table of thine heart.

C7-S4 (Verse 4-5) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Say unto wisdom,
Thou art my sister;

and call understanding thy kinswoman:

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That they may keep thee from the strange woman,
from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

C7-S5 (Verse 6-10) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
And beheld among the simple ones,
I discerned among the youths,
a young man void of understanding,
Passing through the street near her corner;

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and he went the way to her house,
In the twilight,
in the evening,
in the black and dark night:

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And,
behold,
there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot,
and subtil of heart.

C7-S6 (Verse 11-12) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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(She is loud and stubborn;
her feet abide not in her house:

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Now is she without,)
now in the streets,
and lieth in wait at every corner.

C7-S7 (Verse 13-14) Parts of sentence below are steps.

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So she caught him,
and kissed him,
and with an impudent face said unto him,
I have peace offerings with me;

this day have I payed my vows.

C7-S8 (Verse 15) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Therefore came I forth to meet thee,
diligently to seek thy face,
and I have found thee.

C7-S9 (Verse 16) Each phrase below has equal importance.

I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry,
with carved works ,
with fine linen of Egypt.

C7-S10 (Verse 17) Each phrase below has equal importance.

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh,
aloes,
and cinnamon.

C7-S11 (Verse 18) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Come,
let us take our fill of love until the morning:

let us solace ourselves with loves.

C7-S12 (Verse 19-20) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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For the goodman is not at home,
he is gone a long journey:

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He hath taken a bag of money with him,
and will come home at the day appointed.

C7-S13 (Verse 21) Each phrase below has equal importance.

With her much fair speech she caused him to yield,
with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

C7-S14 (Verse 22-23) Parts of sentence below are steps.

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He goeth after her straightway,
as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

Till a dart strike through his liver;
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as a bird hasteth to the snare,
and knoweth not that it is for his life.

C7-S15 (Verse 24) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Hearken unto me now therefore,
O ye children,
and attend to the words of my mouth.

C7-S16 (Verse 25) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Let not thine heart decline to her ways,
go not astray in her paths.

C7-S17 (Verse 26) This sentence has equivalent sections.

For she hath cast down many wounded:
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yea,
many strong men have been slain by her.

C7-S18 (Verse 27) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Her house is the way to hell,
going down to the chambers of death.

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Links to sentences in this chapter:

C8-S1 (Verse 1), C8-S2 (Verse 1), C8-S3 (Verse 2), C8-S4 (Verse 3), C8-S5 (Verse 4), C8-S6 (Verse 5), C8-S7 (Verse 6), C8-S8 (Verse 7), C8-S9 (Verse 8), C8-S10 (Verse 9), C8-S11 (Verse 10), C8-S12 (Verse 11), C8-S13 (Verse 12), C8-S14 (Verse 13), C8-S15 (Verse 14), C8-S16 (Verse 15), C8-S17 (Verse 16), C8-S18 (Verse 17), C8-S19 (Verse 18), C8-S20 (Verse 19), C8-S21 (Verse 20-21), C8-S22 (Verse 22), C8-S23 (Verse 23), C8-S24 (Verse 24), C8-S25 (Verse 25-26), C8-S26 (Verse 27-31), C8-S27 (Verse 32), C8-S28 (Verse 33), C8-S29 (Verse 34), C8-S30 (Verse 35), C8-S31 (Verse 36).

C8-S1 (Verse 1) Doth not wisdom cry?

C8-S2 (Verse 1) and understanding put forth her voice?

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She standeth in the top of high places,
by the way in the places of the paths.

C8-S4 (Verse 3) Each phrase below has equal importance.

She crieth at the gates,
at the entry of the city,
at the coming in at the doors.

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Unto you,
O men,
I call;

and my voice is to the sons of man.

C8-S6 (Verse 5) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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O ye simple,
understand wisdom:

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and,
ye fools,
be ye of an understanding heart.

C8-S7 (Verse 6) Parts of sentence below are steps.

Hear;
for I will speak of excellent things;
and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

C8-S8 (Verse 7) Parts of sentence below are steps.

For my mouth shall speak truth;
and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

C8-S9 (Verse 8) Parts of sentence below are steps.

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness;
there is nothing froward or perverse in them.

C8-S10 (Verse 9) Each phrase below has equal importance.

They are all plain to him that understandeth,
and right to them that find knowledge.

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Receive my instruction,
and not silver;

and knowledge rather than choice gold.

C8-S12 (Verse 11) Parts of sentence below are steps.

For wisdom is better than rubies;
and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

C8-S13 (Verse 12) Each phrase below has equal importance.

I wisdom dwell with prudence,
and find out knowledge of witty inventions.

C8-S14 (Verse 13) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil:
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pride,
and arrogancy,
and the evil way,
and the froward mouth,
do I hate.

C8-S15 (Verse 14) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Counsel is mine,
and sound wisdom:

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I am understanding;
I have strength.

C8-S16 (Verse 15) Each phrase below has equal importance.

By me kings reign,
and princes decree justice.

C8-S17 (Verse 16) Each phrase below has equal importance.

By me princes rule,
and nobles,
even all the judges of the earth.

C8-S18 (Verse 17) Parts of sentence below are steps.

I love them that love me;
and those that seek me early shall find me.

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Riches and honour are with me;
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yea ,
durable riches and righteousness.

C8-S20 (Verse 19) Parts of sentence below are steps.

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My fruit is better than gold,
yea,
than fine gold;

and my revenue than choice silver.

C8-S21 (Verse 20-21) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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I lead in the way of righteousness,
in the midst of the paths of judgment:

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That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance;
and I will fill their treasures.

C8-S22 (Verse 22) Each phrase below has equal importance.

The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way,
before his works of old.

C8-S23 (Verse 23) Each phrase below has equal importance.

I was set up from everlasting,
from the beginning,
or ever the earth was.

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When there were no depths,
I was brought forth;

when there were no fountains abounding with water.

C8-S25 (Verse 25-26) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Before the mountains were settled,
before the hills was I brought forth:

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While as yet he had not made the earth,
nor the fields,
nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

C8-S26 (Verse 27-31) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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When he prepared the heavens,
I was there:

when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
When he established the clouds above:
when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
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When he gave to the sea his decree,
that the waters should not pass his commandment:

when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
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Then I was by him,
as one brought up with him :

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and I was daily his delight,
rejoicing always before him;

Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth;
and my delights were with the sons of men.

C8-S27 (Verse 32) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Now therefore hearken unto me,
O ye children:

for blessed are they that keep my ways.

C8-S28 (Verse 33) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Hear instruction,
and be wise,
and refuse it not.

C8-S29 (Verse 34) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Blessed is the man that heareth me,
watching daily at my gates,
waiting at the posts of my doors.

C8-S30 (Verse 35) Each phrase below has equal importance.

For whoso findeth me findeth life,
and shall obtain favour of the LORD.

C8-S31 (Verse 36) This sentence has equivalent sections.

But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul:
all they that hate me love death.

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C9-S1 (Verse 1-2), C9-S2 (Verse 3-5), C9-S3 (Verse 6), C9-S4 (Verse 7), C9-S5 (Verse 8), C9-S6 (Verse 9), C9-S7 (Verse 10), C9-S8 (Verse 11), C9-S9 (Verse 12), C9-S10 (Verse 13), C9-S11 (Verse 14-17), C9-S12 (Verse 18).

C9-S1 (Verse 1-2) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Wisdom hath builded her house,
she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

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She hath killed her beasts;
she hath mingled her wine;
she hath also furnished her table.

C9-S2 (Verse 3-5) This sentence has equivalent sections.

She hath sent forth her maidens:
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she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
Whoso is simple,
let him turn in hither:

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as for him that wanteth understanding,
she saith to him,
Come,
eat of my bread,
and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

C9-S3 (Verse 6) Parts of sentence below are steps.

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Forsake the foolish,
and live;

and go in the way of understanding.

C9-S4 (Verse 7) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame:
and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

C9-S5 (Verse 8) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Reprove not a scorner,
lest he hate thee:

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rebuke a wise man,
and he will love thee.

C9-S6 (Verse 9) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Give instruction to a wise man ,
and he will be yet wiser:

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teach a just man ,
and he will increase in learning.

C9-S7 (Verse 10) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom:
and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

C9-S8 (Verse 11) Each phrase below has equal importance.

For by me thy days shall be multiplied,
and the years of thy life shall be increased.

C9-S9 (Verse 12) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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If thou be wise,
thou shalt be wise for thyself:

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but if thou scornest,
thou alone shalt bear it .

C9-S10 (Verse 13) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A foolish woman is clamorous:
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she is simple,
and knoweth nothing.

C9-S11 (Verse 14-17) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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For she sitteth at the door of her house,
on a seat in the high places of the city,
To call passengers who go right on their ways:

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Whoso is simple,
let him turn in hither:

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and as for him that wanteth understanding,
she saith to him,
Stolen waters are sweet,
and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

C9-S12 (Verse 18) Parts of sentence below are steps.

But he knoweth not that the dead are there;
and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

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Links to sentences in this chapter:

C10-S1 (Verse 1), C10-S2 (Verse 1), C10-S3 (Verse 2), C10-S4 (Verse 3), C10-S5 (Verse 4), C10-S6 (Verse 5), C10-S7 (Verse 6), C10-S8 (Verse 7), C10-S9 (Verse 8), C10-S10 (Verse 9), C10-S11 (Verse 10), C10-S12 (Verse 11), C10-S13 (Verse 12), C10-S14 (Verse 13), C10-S15 (Verse 14), C10-S16 (Verse 15), C10-S17 (Verse 16), C10-S18 (Verse 17), C10-S19 (Verse 18), C10-S20 (Verse 19), C10-S21 (Verse 20), C10-S22 (Verse 21), C10-S23 (Verse 22), C10-S24 (Verse 23), C10-S25 (Verse 24), C10-S26 (Verse 25), C10-S27 (Verse 26), C10-S28 (Verse 27), C10-S29 (Verse 28), C10-S30 (Verse 29), C10-S31 (Verse 30), C10-S32 (Verse 31), C10-S33 (Verse 32).

C10-S1 (Verse 1) The proverbs of Solomon.

C10-S2 (Verse 1) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A wise son maketh a glad father:
but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

C10-S3 (Verse 2) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing:
but righteousness delivereth from death.

C10-S4 (Verse 3) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish:
but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

C10-S5 (Verse 4) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand:
but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

C10-S6 (Verse 5) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that gathereth in summer is a wise son:
but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

C10-S7 (Verse 6) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Blessings are upon the head of the just:
but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

C10-S8 (Verse 7) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The memory of the just is blessed:
but the name of the wicked shall rot.

C10-S9 (Verse 8) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The wise in heart will receive commandments:
but a prating fool shall fall.

C10-S10 (Verse 9) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that walketh uprightly walketh surely:
but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

C10-S11 (Verse 10) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow:
but a prating fool shall fall.

C10-S12 (Verse 11) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life:
but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

C10-S13 (Verse 12) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Hatred stirreth up strifes:
but love covereth all sins.

C10-S14 (Verse 13) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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.

C10-S15 (Verse 14) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Wise men lay up knowledge:
but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

C10-S16 (Verse 15) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city:
the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

C10-S17 (Verse 16) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The labour of the righteous tendeth to life:
the fruit of the wicked to sin.

C10-S18 (Verse 17) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction:
but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

C10-S19 (Verse 18) Each phrase below has equal importance.

He that hideth hatred with lying lips,
and he that uttereth a slander,
is a fool.

C10-S20 (Verse 19) This sentence has equivalent sections.

In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin:
but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

C10-S21 (Verse 20) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The tongue of the just is as choice silver:
the heart of the wicked is little worth.

C10-S22 (Verse 21) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The lips of the righteous feed many:
but fools die for want of wisdom.

C10-S23 (Verse 22) Each phrase below has equal importance.

The blessing of the LORD,
it maketh rich,
and he addeth no sorrow with it.

C10-S24 (Verse 23) This sentence has equivalent sections.

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief:
but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

C10-S25 (Verse 24) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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The fear of the wicked,
it shall come upon him:

but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

C10-S26 (Verse 25) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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As the whirlwind passeth,
so is the wicked no more :

but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

C10-S27 (Verse 26) Each phrase below has equal importance.

As vinegar to the teeth,
and as smoke to the eyes,
so is the sluggard to them that send him.

C10-S28 (Verse 27) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The fear of the LORD prolongeth days:
but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

C10-S29 (Verse 28) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The hope of the righteous shall be gladness:
but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

C10-S30 (Verse 29) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The way of the LORD is strength to the upright:
but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

C10-S31 (Verse 30) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The righteous shall never be removed:
but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

C10-S32 (Verse 31) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom:
but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

C10-S33 (Verse 32) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable:
but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

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Proverbs Chapter 11 Ordered by Punctuation

Links to sentences in this chapter:

C11-S1 (Verse 1), C11-S2 (Verse 2), C11-S3 (Verse 3), C11-S4 (Verse 4), C11-S5 (Verse 5), C11-S6 (Verse 6), C11-S7 (Verse 7), C11-S8 (Verse 8), C11-S9 (Verse 9), C11-S10 (Verse 10), C11-S11 (Verse 11), C11-S12 (Verse 12), C11-S13 (Verse 13), C11-S14 (Verse 14), C11-S15 (Verse 15), C11-S16 (Verse 16), C11-S17 (Verse 17), C11-S18 (Verse 18), C11-S19 (Verse 19), C11-S20 (Verse 20), C11-S21 (Verse 21), C11-S22 (Verse 22), C11-S23 (Verse 23), C11-S24 (Verse 24), C11-S25 (Verse 25), C11-S26 (Verse 26), C11-S27 (Verse 27), C11-S28 (Verse 28), C11-S29 (Verse 29), C11-S30 (Verse 30), C11-S31 (Verse 31).

C11-S1 (Verse 1) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A false balance is abomination to the LORD:
but a just weight is his delight.

C11-S2 (Verse 2) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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When pride cometh,
then cometh shame:

but with the lowly is wisdom.

C11-S3 (Verse 3) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The integrity of the upright shall guide them:
but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

C11-S4 (Verse 4) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Riches profit not in the day of wrath:
but righteousness delivereth from death.

C11-S5 (Verse 5) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way:
but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

C11-S6 (Verse 6) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them:
but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

C11-S7 (Verse 7) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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When a wicked man dieth,
his expectation shall perish:

and the hope of unjust men perisheth.

C11-S8 (Verse 8) Each phrase below has equal importance.

The righteous is delivered out of trouble,
and the wicked cometh in his stead.

C11-S9 (Verse 9) This sentence has equivalent sections.

An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour:
but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

C11-S10 (Verse 10) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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When it goeth well with the righteous,
the city rejoiceth:

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and when the wicked perish,
there is shouting.

C11-S11 (Verse 11) This sentence has equivalent sections.

By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted:
but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

C11-S12 (Verse 12) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour:
but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

C11-S13 (Verse 13) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A talebearer revealeth secrets:
but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

C11-S14 (Verse 14) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Where no counsel is ,
the people fall:

but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

C11-S15 (Verse 15) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it :
and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

C11-S16 (Verse 16) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A gracious woman retaineth honour:
and strong men retain riches.

C11-S17 (Verse 17) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The merciful man doeth good to his own soul:
but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

C11-S18 (Verse 18) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The wicked worketh a deceitful work:
but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.

C11-S19 (Verse 19) This sentence has equivalent sections.

As righteousness tendeth to life:
so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

C11-S20 (Verse 20) This sentence has equivalent sections.

They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD:
but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

C11-S21 (Verse 21) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Though hand join in hand,
the wicked shall not be unpunished:

but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

C11-S22 (Verse 22) Each phrase below has equal importance.

As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout,
so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

C11-S23 (Verse 23) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The desire of the righteous is only good:
but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

C11-S24 (Verse 24) Parts of sentence below are steps.

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There is that scattereth,
and yet increaseth;

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and there is that withholdeth more than is meet,
but it tendeth to poverty.

C11-S25 (Verse 25) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The liberal soul shall be made fat:
and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

C11-S26 (Verse 26) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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He that withholdeth corn,
the people shall curse him:

but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it .

C11-S27 (Verse 27) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour:
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but he that seeketh mischief,
it shall come unto him.

C11-S28 (Verse 28) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall:
but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

C11-S29 (Verse 29) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind:
and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

C11-S30 (Verse 30) Parts of sentence below are steps.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life;
and he that winneth souls is wise.

C11-S31 (Verse 31) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Behold,
the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth:

much more the wicked and the sinner.

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Proverbs Chapter 12 Ordered by Punctuation

Links to sentences in this chapter:

C12-S1 (Verse 1), C12-S2 (Verse 2), C12-S3 (Verse 3), C12-S4 (Verse 4), C12-S5 (Verse 5), C12-S6 (Verse 6), C12-S7 (Verse 7), C12-S8 (Verse 8), C12-S9 (Verse 9), C12-S10 (Verse 10), C12-S11 (Verse 11), C12-S12 (Verse 12), C12-S13 (Verse 13), C12-S14 (Verse 14), C12-S15 (Verse 15), C12-S16 (Verse 16), C12-S17 (Verse 17), C12-S18 (Verse 18), C12-S19 (Verse 19), C12-S20 (Verse 20), C12-S21 (Verse 21), C12-S22 (Verse 22), C12-S23 (Verse 23), C12-S24 (Verse 24), C12-S25 (Verse 25), C12-S26 (Verse 26), C12-S27 (Verse 27), C12-S28 (Verse 28).

C12-S1 (Verse 1) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge:
but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

C12-S2 (Verse 2) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD:
but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

C12-S3 (Verse 3) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A man shall not be established by wickedness:
but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

C12-S4 (Verse 4) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband:
but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

C12-S5 (Verse 5) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The thoughts of the righteous are right:
but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

C12-S6 (Verse 6) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood:
but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

C12-S7 (Verse 7) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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The wicked are overthrown,
and are not:

but the house of the righteous shall stand.

C12-S8 (Verse 8) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom:
but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

C12-S9 (Verse 9) Each phrase below has equal importance.

He that is despised,
and hath a servant,
is better than he that honoureth himself,
and lacketh bread.

C12-S10 (Verse 10) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast:
but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

C12-S11 (Verse 11) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread:
but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

C12-S12 (Verse 12) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The wicked desireth the net of evil men :
but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit .

C12-S13 (Verse 13) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips:
but the just shall come out of trouble.

C12-S14 (Verse 14) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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.

C12-S15 (Verse 15) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes:
but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

C12-S16 (Verse 16) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A fool's wrath is presently known:
but a prudent man covereth shame.

C12-S17 (Verse 17) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness:
but a false witness deceit.

C12-S18 (Verse 18) This sentence has equivalent sections.

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword:
but the tongue of the wise is health.

C12-S19 (Verse 19) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The lip of truth shall be established for ever:
but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

C12-S20 (Verse 20) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil:
but to the counsellors of peace is joy.

C12-S21 (Verse 21) This sentence has equivalent sections.

There shall no evil happen to the just:
but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

C12-S22 (Verse 22) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Lying lips are abomination to the LORD:
but they that deal truly are his delight.

C12-S23 (Verse 23) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A prudent man concealeth knowledge:
but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

C12-S24 (Verse 24) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule:
but the slothful shall be under tribute.

C12-S25 (Verse 25) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop:
but a good word maketh it glad.

C12-S26 (Verse 26) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour:
but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

C12-S27 (Verse 27) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting:
but the substance of a diligent man is precious.

C12-S28 (Verse 28) Parts of sentence below are steps.

In the way of righteousness is life;
and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

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Proverbs Chapter 13 Ordered by Punctuation

Links to sentences in this chapter:

C13-S1 (Verse 1), C13-S2 (Verse 2), C13-S3 (Verse 3), C13-S4 (Verse 4), C13-S5 (Verse 5), C13-S6 (Verse 6), C13-S7 (Verse 7), C13-S8 (Verse 8), C13-S9 (Verse 9), C13-S10 (Verse 10), C13-S11 (Verse 11), C13-S12 (Verse 12), C13-S13 (Verse 13), C13-S14 (Verse 14), C13-S15 (Verse 15), C13-S16 (Verse 16), C13-S17 (Verse 17), C13-S18 (Verse 18), C13-S19 (Verse 19), C13-S20 (Verse 20), C13-S21 (Verse 21), C13-S22 (Verse 22), C13-S23 (Verse 23), C13-S24 (Verse 24), C13-S25 (Verse 25).

C13-S1 (Verse 1) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A wise son heareth his father's instruction:
but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

C13-S2 (Verse 2) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth:
but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

C13-S3 (Verse 3) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life:
but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

C13-S4 (Verse 4) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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The soul of the sluggard desireth,
and hath nothing:

but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

C13-S5 (Verse 5) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A righteous man hateth lying:
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but a wicked man is loathsome,
and cometh to shame.

C13-S6 (Verse 6) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way:
but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

C13-S7 (Verse 7) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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There is that maketh himself rich,
yet hath nothing:

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there is that maketh himself poor,
yet hath great riches.

C13-S8 (Verse 8) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The ransom of a man's life are his riches:
but the poor heareth not rebuke.

C13-S9 (Verse 9) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The light of the righteous rejoiceth:
but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

C13-S10 (Verse 10) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Only by pride cometh contention:
but with the well advised is wisdom.

C13-S11 (Verse 11) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished:
but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

C13-S12 (Verse 12) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick:
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but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.

C13-S13 (Verse 13) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed:
but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

C13-S14 (Verse 14) Each phrase below has equal importance.

The law of the wise is a fountain of life,
to depart from the snares of death.

C13-S15 (Verse 15) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Good understanding giveth favour:
but the way of transgressors is hard.

C13-S16 (Verse 16) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge:
but a fool layeth open his folly.

C13-S17 (Verse 17) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A wicked messenger falleth into mischief:
but a faithful ambassador is health.

C13-S18 (Verse 18) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction:
but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

C13-S19 (Verse 19) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul:
but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.

C13-S20 (Verse 20) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that walketh with wise men shall be wise:
but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

C13-S21 (Verse 21) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Evil pursueth sinners:
but to the righteous good shall be repaid.

C13-S22 (Verse 22) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children:
and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

C13-S23 (Verse 23) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Much food is in the tillage of the poor:
but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

C13-S24 (Verse 24) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son:
but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

C13-S25 (Verse 25) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul:
but the belly of the wicked shall want.

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Proverbs Chapter 14 Ordered by Punctuation

Links to sentences in this chapter:

C14-S1 (Verse 1), C14-S2 (Verse 2), C14-S3 (Verse 3), C14-S4 (Verse 4), C14-S5 (Verse 5), C14-S6 (Verse 6), C14-S7 (Verse 7), C14-S8 (Verse 8), C14-S9 (Verse 9), C14-S10 (Verse 10), C14-S11 (Verse 11), C14-S12 (Verse 12), C14-S13 (Verse 13), C14-S14 (Verse 14), C14-S15 (Verse 15), C14-S16 (Verse 16), C14-S17 (Verse 17), C14-S18 (Verse 18), C14-S19 (Verse 19), C14-S20 (Verse 20), C14-S21 (Verse 21), C14-S22 (Verse 22), C14-S23 (Verse 22), C14-S24 (Verse 23), C14-S25 (Verse 24), C14-S26 (Verse 25), C14-S27 (Verse 26), C14-S28 (Verse 27), C14-S29 (Verse 28), C14-S30 (Verse 29), C14-S31 (Verse 30), C14-S32 (Verse 31), C14-S33 (Verse 32), C14-S34 (Verse 33), C14-S35 (Verse 34), C14-S36 (Verse 35).

C14-S1 (Verse 1) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Every wise woman buildeth her house:
but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

C14-S2 (Verse 2) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD:
but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

C14-S3 (Verse 3) This sentence has equivalent sections.

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride:
but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

C14-S4 (Verse 4) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Where no oxen are ,
the crib is clean:

but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

C14-S5 (Verse 5) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A faithful witness will not lie:
but a false witness will utter lies.

C14-S6 (Verse 6) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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A scorner seeketh wisdom,
and findeth it not:

but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

C14-S7 (Verse 7) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Go from the presence of a foolish man,
when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

C14-S8 (Verse 8) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way:
but the folly of fools is deceit.

C14-S9 (Verse 9) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Fools make a mock at sin:
but among the righteous there is favour.

C14-S10 (Verse 10) Parts of sentence below are steps.

The heart knoweth his own bitterness;
and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

C14-S11 (Verse 11) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The house of the wicked shall be overthrown:
but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

C14-S12 (Verse 12) Each phrase below has equal importance.

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man,
but the end thereof are the ways of death.

C14-S13 (Verse 13) Parts of sentence below are steps.

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful;
and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

C14-S14 (Verse 14) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways:
and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

C14-S15 (Verse 15) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The simple believeth every word:
but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

C14-S16 (Verse 16) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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A wise man feareth,
and departeth from evil:

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but the fool rageth,
and is confident.

C14-S17 (Verse 17) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly:
and a man of wicked devices is hated.

C14-S18 (Verse 18) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The simple inherit folly:
but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

C14-S19 (Verse 19) Parts of sentence below are steps.

The evil bow before the good;
and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

C14-S20 (Verse 20) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The poor is hated even of his own neighbour:
but the rich hath many friends.

C14-S21 (Verse 21) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth:
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but he that hath mercy on the poor,
happy is he.

C14-S22 (Verse 22) Do they not err that devise evil?

C14-S23 (Verse 22) but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

C14-S24 (Verse 23) This sentence has equivalent sections.

In all labour there is profit:
but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

C14-S25 (Verse 24) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The crown of the wise is their riches:
but the foolishness of fools is folly.

C14-S26 (Verse 25) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A true witness delivereth souls:
but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

C14-S27 (Verse 26) This sentence has equivalent sections.

In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence:
and his children shall have a place of refuge.

C14-S28 (Verse 27) Each phrase below has equal importance.

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life,
to depart from the snares of death.

C14-S29 (Verse 28) This sentence has equivalent sections.

In the multitude of people is the king's honour:
but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

C14-S30 (Verse 29) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding:
but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

C14-S31 (Verse 30) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A sound heart is the life of the flesh:
but envy the rottenness of the bones.

C14-S32 (Verse 31) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker:
but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

C14-S33 (Verse 32) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The wicked is driven away in his wickedness:
but the righteous hath hope in his death.

C14-S34 (Verse 33) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding:
but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

C14-S35 (Verse 34) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Righteousness exalteth a nation:
but sin is a reproach to any people.

C14-S36 (Verse 35) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The king's favour is toward a wise servant:
but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.

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Proverbs Chapter 15 Ordered by Punctuation

Links to sentences in this chapter:

C15-S1 (Verse 1), C15-S2 (Verse 2), C15-S3 (Verse 3), C15-S4 (Verse 4), C15-S5 (Verse 5), C15-S6 (Verse 6), C15-S7 (Verse 7), C15-S8 (Verse 8), C15-S9 (Verse 9), C15-S10 (Verse 10), C15-S11 (Verse 11), C15-S12 (Verse 12), C15-S13 (Verse 13), C15-S14 (Verse 14), C15-S15 (Verse 15), C15-S16 (Verse 16), C15-S17 (Verse 17), C15-S18 (Verse 18), C15-S19 (Verse 19), C15-S20 (Verse 20), C15-S21 (Verse 21), C15-S22 (Verse 22), C15-S23 (Verse 23), C15-S24 (Verse 24), C15-S25 (Verse 25), C15-S26 (Verse 26), C15-S27 (Verse 27), C15-S28 (Verse 28), C15-S29 (Verse 29), C15-S30 (Verse 30), C15-S31 (Verse 31), C15-S32 (Verse 32), C15-S33 (Verse 33).

C15-S1 (Verse 1) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A soft answer turneth away wrath:
but grievous words stir up anger.

C15-S2 (Verse 2) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright:
but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

C15-S3 (Verse 3) Each phrase below has equal importance.

The eyes of the LORD are in every place,
beholding the evil and the good.

C15-S4 (Verse 4) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life:
but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

C15-S5 (Verse 5) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A fool despiseth his father's instruction:
but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

C15-S6 (Verse 6) This sentence has equivalent sections.

In the house of the righteous is much treasure:
but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

C15-S7 (Verse 7) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge:
but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

C15-S8 (Verse 8) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD:
but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

C15-S9 (Verse 9) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD:
but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

C15-S10 (Verse 10) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way:
and he that hateth reproof shall die.

C15-S11 (Verse 11) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Hell and destruction are before the LORD:
how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

C15-S12 (Verse 12) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him:
neither will he go unto the wise.

C15-S13 (Verse 13) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance:
but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

C15-S14 (Verse 14) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge:
but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

C15-S15 (Verse 15) This sentence has equivalent sections.

All the days of the afflicted are evil:
but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

C15-S16 (Verse 16) Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.

C15-S17 (Verse 17) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is,
than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

C15-S18 (Verse 18) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A wrathful man stirreth up strife:
but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

C15-S19 (Verse 19) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns:
but the way of the righteous is made plain.

C15-S20 (Verse 20) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A wise son maketh a glad father:
but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

C15-S21 (Verse 21) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom:
but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

C15-S22 (Verse 22) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Without counsel purposes are disappointed:
but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

C15-S23 (Verse 23) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth:
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and a word spoken in due season,
how good is it !

C15-S24 (Verse 24) Each phrase below has equal importance.

The way of life is above to the wise,
that he may depart from hell beneath.

C15-S25 (Verse 25) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The LORD will destroy the house of the proud:
but he will establish the border of the widow.

C15-S26 (Verse 26) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD:
but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

C15-S27 (Verse 27) Parts of sentence below are steps.

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house;
but he that hateth gifts shall live.

C15-S28 (Verse 28) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The heart of the righteous studieth to answer:
but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

C15-S29 (Verse 29) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The LORD is far from the wicked:
but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

C15-S30 (Verse 30) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart:
and a good report maketh the bones fat.

C15-S31 (Verse 31) The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.

C15-S32 (Verse 32) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul:
but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

C15-S33 (Verse 33) Parts of sentence below are steps.

The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom;
and before honour is humility.

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Proverbs Chapter 16 Ordered by Punctuation

Links to sentences in this chapter:

C16-S1 (Verse 1), C16-S2 (Verse 2), C16-S3 (Verse 3), C16-S4 (Verse 4), C16-S5 (Verse 5), C16-S6 (Verse 6), C16-S7 (Verse 7), C16-S8 (Verse 8), C16-S9 (Verse 9), C16-S10 (Verse 10), C16-S11 (Verse 11), C16-S12 (Verse 12), C16-S13 (Verse 13), C16-S14 (Verse 14), C16-S15 (Verse 15), C16-S16 (Verse 16), C16-S17 (Verse 16), C16-S18 (Verse 17), C16-S19 (Verse 18), C16-S20 (Verse 19), C16-S21 (Verse 20), C16-S22 (Verse 21), C16-S23 (Verse 22), C16-S24 (Verse 23), C16-S25 (Verse 24), C16-S26 (Verse 25), C16-S27 (Verse 26), C16-S28 (Verse 27), C16-S29 (Verse 28), C16-S30 (Verse 29), C16-S31 (Verse 30), C16-S32 (Verse 31), C16-S33 (Verse 32), C16-S34 (Verse 33).

C16-S1 (Verse 1) Each phrase below has equal importance.

The preparations of the heart in man,
and the answer of the tongue,
is from the LORD.

C16-S2 (Verse 2) Parts of sentence below are steps.

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes;
but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

C16-S3 (Verse 3) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Commit thy works unto the LORD,
and thy thoughts shall be established.

C16-S4 (Verse 4) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The LORD hath made all things for himself:
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yea,
even the wicked for the day of evil.

C16-S5 (Verse 5) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD:
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though hand join in hand,
he shall not be unpunished.

C16-S6 (Verse 6) This sentence has equivalent sections.

By mercy and truth iniquity is purged:
and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

C16-S7 (Verse 7) Each phrase below has equal importance.

When a man's ways please the LORD,
he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

C16-S8 (Verse 8) Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

C16-S9 (Verse 9) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A man's heart deviseth his way:
but the LORD directeth his steps.

C16-S10 (Verse 10) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A divine sentence is in the lips of the king:
his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.

C16-S11 (Verse 11) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A just weight and balance are the LORD'S:
all the weights of the bag are his work.

C16-S12 (Verse 12) This sentence has equivalent sections.

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness:
for the throne is established by righteousness.

C16-S13 (Verse 13) Parts of sentence below are steps.

Righteous lips are the delight of kings;
and they love him that speaketh right.

C16-S14 (Verse 14) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The wrath of a king is as messengers of death:
but a wise man will pacify it.

C16-S15 (Verse 15) Parts of sentence below are steps.

In the light of the king's countenance is life;
and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.

C16-S16 (Verse 16) How much better is it to get wisdom than gold!

C16-S17 (Verse 16) and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

C16-S18 (Verse 17) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil:
he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

C16-S19 (Verse 18) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Pride goeth before destruction,
and an haughty spirit before a fall.

C16-S20 (Verse 19) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly,
than to divide the spoil with the proud.

C16-S21 (Verse 20) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good:
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and whoso trusteth in the LORD,
happy is he.

C16-S22 (Verse 21) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The wise in heart shall be called prudent:
and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

C16-S23 (Verse 22) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it:
but the instruction of fools is folly.

C16-S24 (Verse 23) Each phrase below has equal importance.

The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth,
and addeth learning to his lips.

C16-S25 (Verse 24) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb,
sweet to the soul,
and health to the bones.

C16-S26 (Verse 25) Each phrase below has equal importance.

There is a way that seemeth right unto a man,
but the end thereof are the ways of death.

C16-S27 (Verse 26) Parts of sentence below are steps.

He that laboureth laboureth for himself;
for his mouth craveth it of him.

C16-S28 (Verse 27) This sentence has equivalent sections.

An ungodly man diggeth up evil:
and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

C16-S29 (Verse 28) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A froward man soweth strife:
and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

C16-S30 (Verse 29) Each phrase below has equal importance.

A violent man enticeth his neighbour,
and leadeth him into the way that is not good.

C16-S31 (Verse 30) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things:
moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

C16-S32 (Verse 31) Each phrase below has equal importance.

The hoary head is a crown of glory,
if it be found in the way of righteousness.

C16-S33 (Verse 32) Parts of sentence below are steps.

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty;
and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

C16-S34 (Verse 33) Parts of sentence below are steps.

The lot is cast into the lap;
but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.

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Proverbs Chapter 17 Ordered by Punctuation

Links to sentences in this chapter:

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C17-S1 (Verse 1) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Better is a dry morsel,
and quietness therewith,
than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

C17-S2 (Verse 2) Each phrase below has equal importance.

A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame,
and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

C17-S3 (Verse 3) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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The fining pot is for silver,
and the furnace for gold:

but the LORD trieth the hearts.

C17-S4 (Verse 4) Parts of sentence below are steps.

A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips;
and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

C17-S5 (Verse 5) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker:
and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

C17-S6 (Verse 6) Parts of sentence below are steps.

Children's children are the crown of old men;
and the glory of children are their fathers.

C17-S7 (Verse 7) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Excellent speech becometh not a fool:
much less do lying lips a prince.

C17-S8 (Verse 8) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it:
Equivalent Section: Each phrase below has equal importance.

whithersoever it turneth,
it prospereth.

C17-S9 (Verse 9) Parts of sentence below are steps.

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love;
but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

C17-S10 (Verse 10) A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

C17-S11 (Verse 11) This sentence has equivalent sections.

An evil man seeketh only rebellion:
therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

C17-S12 (Verse 12) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man,
rather than a fool in his folly.

C17-S13 (Verse 13) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Whoso rewardeth evil for good,
evil shall not depart from his house.

C17-S14 (Verse 14) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water:
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therefore leave off contention,
before it be meddled with.

C17-S15 (Verse 15) Each phrase below has equal importance.

He that justifieth the wicked,
and he that condemneth the just,
even they both are abomination to the LORD.

C17-S16 (Verse 16) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom,
seeing he hath no heart to it ?

C17-S17 (Verse 17) Each phrase below has equal importance.

A friend loveth at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.

C17-S18 (Verse 18) Each phrase below has equal importance.

A man void of understanding striketh hands,
and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

C17-S19 (Verse 19) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He loveth transgression that loveth strife:
and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

C17-S20 (Verse 20) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good:
and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

C17-S21 (Verse 21) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow:
and the father of a fool hath no joy.

C17-S22 (Verse 22) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine:
but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

C17-S23 (Verse 23) A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

C17-S24 (Verse 24) Parts of sentence below are steps.

Wisdom is before him that hath understanding;
but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

C17-S25 (Verse 25) Each phrase below has equal importance.

A foolish son is a grief to his father,
and bitterness to her that bare him.

C17-S26 (Verse 26) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Also to punish the just is not good,
nor to strike princes for equity.

C17-S27 (Verse 27) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words:
and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

C17-S28 (Verse 28) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Even a fool,
when he holdeth his peace,
is counted wise:

and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

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Proverbs Chapter 18 Ordered by Punctuation

Links to sentences in this chapter:

C18-S1 (Verse 1), C18-S2 (Verse 2), C18-S3 (Verse 3), C18-S4 (Verse 4), C18-S5 (Verse 5), C18-S6 (Verse 6), C18-S7 (Verse 7), C18-S8 (Verse 8), C18-S9 (Verse 9), C18-S10 (Verse 10), C18-S11 (Verse 11), C18-S12 (Verse 12), C18-S13 (Verse 13), C18-S14 (Verse 14), C18-S15 (Verse 15), C18-S16 (Verse 16), C18-S17 (Verse 17), C18-S18 (Verse 18), C18-S19 (Verse 19), C18-S20 (Verse 20), C18-S21 (Verse 21), C18-S22 (Verse 22), C18-S23 (Verse 23), C18-S24 (Verse 24).

C18-S1 (Verse 1) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Through desire a man,
having separated himself,
seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.

C18-S2 (Verse 2) Each phrase below has equal importance.

A fool hath no delight in understanding,
but that his heart may discover itself.

C18-S3 (Verse 3) Each phrase below has equal importance.

When the wicked cometh,
then cometh also contempt,
and with ignominy reproach.

C18-S4 (Verse 4) Each phrase below has equal importance.

The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters,
and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

C18-S5 (Verse 5) Each phrase below has equal importance.

It is not good to accept the person of the wicked,
to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

C18-S6 (Verse 6) Each phrase below has equal importance.

A fool's lips enter into contention,
and his mouth calleth for strokes.

C18-S7 (Verse 7) Each phrase below has equal importance.

A fool's mouth is his destruction,
and his lips are the snare of his soul.

C18-S8 (Verse 8) Each phrase below has equal importance.

The words of a talebearer are as wounds,
and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

C18-S9 (Verse 9) He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

C18-S10 (Verse 10) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The name of the LORD is a strong tower:
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the righteous runneth into it,
and is safe.

C18-S11 (Verse 11) Each phrase below has equal importance.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city,
and as an high wall in his own conceit.

C18-S12 (Verse 12) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty,
and before honour is humility.

C18-S13 (Verse 13) Each phrase below has equal importance.

He that answereth a matter before he heareth it ,
it is folly and shame unto him.

C18-S14 (Verse 14) Parts of sentence below are steps.

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity;
but a wounded spirit who can bear?

C18-S15 (Verse 15) Parts of sentence below are steps.

The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge;
and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

C18-S16 (Verse 16) Each phrase below has equal importance.

A man's gift maketh room for him,
and bringeth him before great men.

C18-S17 (Verse 17) Parts of sentence below are steps.

He that is first in his own cause seemeth just;
but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.

C18-S18 (Verse 18) Each phrase below has equal importance.

The lot causeth contentions to cease,
and parteth between the mighty.

C18-S19 (Verse 19) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city:
and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.

C18-S20 (Verse 20) Parts of sentence below are steps.

A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth;
and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

C18-S21 (Verse 21) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue:
and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

C18-S22 (Verse 22) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing ,
and obtaineth favour of the LORD.

C18-S23 (Verse 23) Parts of sentence below are steps.

The poor useth intreaties;
but the rich answereth roughly.

C18-S24 (Verse 24) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly:
and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

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Proverbs Chapter 19 Ordered by Punctuation

Links to sentences in this chapter:

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C19-S1 (Verse 1) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity,
than he that is perverse in his lips,
and is a fool.

C19-S2 (Verse 2) Parts of sentence below are steps.

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Also,
that the soul be without knowledge,
it is not good;

and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

C19-S3 (Verse 3) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The foolishness of man perverteth his way:
and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

C19-S4 (Verse 4) Parts of sentence below are steps.

Wealth maketh many friends;
but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

C19-S5 (Verse 5) Each phrase below has equal importance.

A false witness shall not be unpunished,
and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

C19-S6 (Verse 6) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Many will intreat the favour of the prince:
and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

C19-S7 (Verse 7) This sentence has equivalent sections.

All the brethren of the poor do hate him:
how much more do his friends go far from him?

C19-S8 (Verse 7) Each phrase below has equal importance.

he pursueth them with words,
yet they are wanting to him .

C19-S9 (Verse 8) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul:
he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

C19-S10 (Verse 9) Each phrase below has equal importance.

A false witness shall not be unpunished,
and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

C19-S11 (Verse 10) Parts of sentence below are steps.

Delight is not seemly for a fool;
much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

C19-S12 (Verse 11) Parts of sentence below are steps.

The discretion of a man deferreth his anger;
and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

C19-S13 (Verse 12) Parts of sentence below are steps.

The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion;
but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

C19-S14 (Verse 13) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father:
and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

C19-S15 (Verse 14) House and riches are the inheritance of fathers and a prudent wife is from the LORD.

C19-S16 (Verse 15) Parts of sentence below are steps.

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep;
and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

C19-S17 (Verse 16) Parts of sentence below are steps.

He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul;
but he that despiseth his ways shall die.

C19-S18 (Verse 17) Parts of sentence below are steps.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD;
and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

C19-S19 (Verse 18) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Chasten thy son while there is hope,
and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

C19-S20 (Verse 19) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment:
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for if thou deliver him ,
yet thou must do it again.

C19-S21 (Verse 20) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Hear counsel,
and receive instruction,
that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

C19-S22 (Verse 21) Parts of sentence below are steps.

There are many devices in a man's heart;
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nevertheless the counsel of the LORD,
that shall stand.

C19-S23 (Verse 22) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The desire of a man is his kindness:
and a poor man is better than a liar.

C19-S24 (Verse 23) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The fear of the LORD tendeth to life:
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and he that hath it shall abide satisfied;
he shall not be visited with evil.

C19-S25 (Verse 24) Each phrase below has equal importance.

A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom,
and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

C19-S26 (Verse 25) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Smite a scorner,
and the simple will beware:

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and reprove one that hath understanding,
and he will understand knowledge.

C19-S27 (Verse 26) Each phrase below has equal importance.

He that wasteth his father,
and chaseth away his mother,
is a son that causeth shame,
and bringeth reproach.

C19-S28 (Verse 27) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Cease,
my son,
to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

C19-S29 (Verse 28) This sentence has equivalent sections.

An ungodly witness scorneth judgment:
and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.

C19-S30 (Verse 29) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Judgments are prepared for scorners,
and stripes for the back of fools.

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C20-S1 (Verse 1) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Wine is a mocker,
strong drink is raging:

and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

C20-S2 (Verse 2) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion:
whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

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It is an honour for a man to cease from strife:
but every fool will be meddling.

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The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold;
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therefore shall he beg in harvest,
and have nothing.

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Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water;
but a man of understanding will draw it out.

C20-S6 (Verse 6) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness:
but a faithful man who can find?

C20-S7 (Verse 7) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The just man walketh in his integrity:
his children are blessed after him.

C20-S8 (Verse 8) A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

C20-S9 (Verse 9) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Who can say,
I have made my heart clean,
I am pure from my sin?

C20-S10 (Verse 10) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Divers weights,
and divers measures,
both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.

C20-S11 (Verse 11) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Even a child is known by his doings,
whether his work be pure,
and whether it be right.

C20-S12 (Verse 12) Each phrase below has equal importance.

The hearing ear,
and the seeing eye,
the LORD hath made even both of them.

C20-S13 (Verse 13) Parts of sentence below are steps.

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Love not sleep,
lest thou come to poverty;

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open thine eyes,
and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

C20-S14 (Verse 14) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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It is naught,
it is naught,
saith the buyer:

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but when he is gone his way,
then he boasteth.

C20-S15 (Verse 15) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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There is gold,
and a multitude of rubies:

but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

C20-S16 (Verse 16) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger:
and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

C20-S17 (Verse 17) Parts of sentence below are steps.

Bread of deceit is sweet to a man;
but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

C20-S18 (Verse 18) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Every purpose is established by counsel:
and with good advice make war.

C20-S19 (Verse 19) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets:
therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

C20-S20 (Verse 20) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Whoso curseth his father or his mother,
his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

C20-S21 (Verse 21) Parts of sentence below are steps.

An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning;
but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

C20-S22 (Verse 22) Parts of sentence below are steps.

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Say not thou,
I will recompense evil;

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but wait on the LORD,
and he shall save thee.

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Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD;
and a false balance is not good.

C20-S24 (Verse 24) Parts of sentence below are steps.

Man's goings are of the LORD;
how can a man then understand his own way?

C20-S25 (Verse 25) Each phrase below has equal importance.

It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy,
and after vows to make enquiry.

C20-S26 (Verse 26) Each phrase below has equal importance.

A wise king scattereth the wicked,
and bringeth the wheel over them.

C20-S27 (Verse 27) Each phrase below has equal importance.

The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD,
searching all the inward parts of the belly.

C20-S28 (Verse 28) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Mercy and truth preserve the king:
and his throne is upholden by mercy.

C20-S29 (Verse 29) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The glory of young men is their strength:
and the beauty of old men is the grey head.

C20-S30 (Verse 30) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil:
so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.

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Proverbs Chapter 21 Ordered by Punctuation

Links to sentences in this chapter:

C21-S1 (Verse 1), C21-S2 (Verse 2), C21-S3 (Verse 3), C21-S4 (Verse 4), C21-S5 (Verse 5), C21-S6 (Verse 6), C21-S7 (Verse 7), C21-S8 (Verse 8), C21-S9 (Verse 9), C21-S10 (Verse 10), C21-S11 (Verse 11), C21-S12 (Verse 12), C21-S13 (Verse 13), C21-S14 (Verse 14), C21-S15 (Verse 15), C21-S16 (Verse 16), C21-S17 (Verse 17), C21-S18 (Verse 18), C21-S19 (Verse 19), C21-S20 (Verse 20), C21-S21 (Verse 21), C21-S22 (Verse 22), C21-S23 (Verse 23), C21-S24 (Verse 24), C21-S25 (Verse 25), C21-S26 (Verse 26), C21-S27 (Verse 27), C21-S28 (Verse 28), C21-S29 (Verse 29), C21-S30 (Verse 30), C21-S31 (Verse 31).

C21-S1 (Verse 1) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD,
as the rivers of water:

he turneth it whithersoever he will.

C21-S2 (Verse 2) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes:
but the LORD pondereth the hearts.

C21-S3 (Verse 3) To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

C21-S4 (Verse 4) Each phrase below has equal importance.

An high look,
and a proud heart,
and the plowing of the wicked,
is sin.

C21-S5 (Verse 5) Parts of sentence below are steps.

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness;
but of every one that is hasty only to want.

C21-S6 (Verse 6) The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

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The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them;
because they refuse to do judgment.

C21-S8 (Verse 8) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The way of man is froward and strange:
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but as for the pure,
his work is right.

C21-S9 (Verse 9) Each phrase below has equal importance.

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop,
than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

C21-S10 (Verse 10) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The soul of the wicked desireth evil:
his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.

C21-S11 (Verse 11) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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When the scorner is punished,
the simple is made wise:

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and when the wise is instructed,
he receiveth knowledge.

C21-S12 (Verse 12) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked:
but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

C21-S13 (Verse 13) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor,
he also shall cry himself,
but shall not be heard.

C21-S14 (Verse 14) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A gift in secret pacifieth anger:
and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

C21-S15 (Verse 15) This sentence has equivalent sections.

It is joy to the just to do judgment:
but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

C21-S16 (Verse 16) The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

C21-S17 (Verse 17) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man:
he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

C21-S18 (Verse 18) Each phrase below has equal importance.

The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous,
and the transgressor for the upright.

C21-S19 (Verse 19) Each phrase below has equal importance.

It is better to dwell in the wilderness,
than with a contentious and an angry woman.

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There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise;
but a foolish man spendeth it up.

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He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life,
righteousness,
and honour.

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A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty,
and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

C21-S23 (Verse 23) Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

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Proud and haughty scorner is his name,
who dealeth in proud wrath.

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The desire of the slothful killeth him;
for his hands refuse to labour.

C21-S26 (Verse 26) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He coveteth greedily all the day long:
but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

C21-S27 (Verse 27) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination:
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how much more,
when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?

C21-S28 (Verse 28) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A false witness shall perish:
but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.

C21-S29 (Verse 29) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A wicked man hardeneth his face:
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but as for the upright,
he directeth his way.

C21-S30 (Verse 30) There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

C21-S31 (Verse 31) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The horse is prepared against the day of battle:
but safety is of the LORD.

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Proverbs Chapter 22 Ordered by Punctuation

Links to sentences in this chapter:

C22-S1 (Verse 1), C22-S2 (Verse 2), C22-S3 (Verse 3), C22-S4 (Verse 4), C22-S5 (Verse 5), C22-S6 (Verse 6), C22-S7 (Verse 7), C22-S8 (Verse 8), C22-S9 (Verse 9), C22-S10 (Verse 10), C22-S11 (Verse 11), C22-S12 (Verse 12), C22-S13 (Verse 13), C22-S14 (Verse 14), C22-S15 (Verse 15), C22-S16 (Verse 16), C22-S17 (Verse 17), C22-S18 (Verse 18), C22-S19 (Verse 19), C22-S20 (Verse 20-21), C22-S21 (Verse 22-23), C22-S22 (Verse 24-25), C22-S23 (Verse 26), C22-S24 (Verse 27), C22-S25 (Verse 28), C22-S26 (Verse 29), C22-S27 (Verse 29).

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A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches,
and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

C22-S2 (Verse 2) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The rich and poor meet together:
the LORD is the maker of them all.

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A prudent man foreseeth the evil,
and hideth himself:

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but the simple pass on,
and are punished.

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By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches,
and honour,
and life.

C22-S5 (Verse 5) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward:
he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

C22-S6 (Verse 6) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Train up a child in the way he should go:
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and when he is old,
he will not depart from it.

C22-S7 (Verse 7) Each phrase below has equal importance.

The rich ruleth over the poor,
and the borrower is servant to the lender.

C22-S8 (Verse 8) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity:
and the rod of his anger shall fail.

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He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed;
for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

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Cast out the scorner,
and contention shall go out;

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yea,
strife and reproach shall cease.

C22-S11 (Verse 11) Each phrase below has equal importance.

He that loveth pureness of heart,
for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

C22-S12 (Verse 12) Each phrase below has equal importance.

The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge,
and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

C22-S13 (Verse 13) Each phrase below has equal importance.

The slothful man saith,
There is a lion without,
I shall be slain in the streets.

C22-S14 (Verse 14) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The mouth of strange women is a deep pit:
he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

C22-S15 (Verse 15) Parts of sentence below are steps.

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child;
but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

C22-S16 (Verse 16) Each phrase below has equal importance.

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches,
and he that giveth to the rich,
shall surely come to want.

C22-S17 (Verse 17) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Bow down thine ear,
and hear the words of the wise,
and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

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For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee;
they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

C22-S19 (Verse 19) Each phrase below has equal importance.

That thy trust may be in the LORD,
I have made known to thee this day,
even to thee.

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Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
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?

C22-S21 (Verse 22-23) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Rob not the poor,
because he is poor:

neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
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For the LORD will plead their cause,
and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

C22-S22 (Verse 24-25) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Make no friendship with an angry man;
and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

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Lest thou learn his ways,
and get a snare to thy soul.

C22-S23 (Verse 26) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Be not thou one of them that strike hands,
or of them that are sureties for debts.

C22-S24 (Verse 27) Each phrase below has equal importance.

If thou hast nothing to pay,
why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

C22-S25 (Verse 28) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Remove not the ancient landmark,
which thy fathers have set.

C22-S26 (Verse 29) Seest thou a man diligent in his business?

C22-S27 (Verse 29) Parts of sentence below are steps.

he shall stand before kings;
he shall not stand before mean men .

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Proverbs Chapter 23 Ordered by Punctuation

Links to sentences in this chapter:

C23-S1 (Verse 1-2), C23-S2 (Verse 3), C23-S3 (Verse 4), C23-S4 (Verse 5), C23-S5 (Verse 5), C23-S6 (Verse 6-7), C23-S7 (Verse 8), C23-S8 (Verse 9), C23-S9 (Verse 10-11), C23-S10 (Verse 12), C23-S11 (Verse 13), C23-S12 (Verse 14), C23-S13 (Verse 15), C23-S14 (Verse 16), C23-S15 (Verse 17), C23-S16 (Verse 18), C23-S17 (Verse 19), C23-S18 (Verse 20-21), C23-S19 (Verse 22), C23-S20 (Verse 23), C23-S21 (Verse 24), C23-S22 (Verse 25), C23-S23 (Verse 26), C23-S24 (Verse 27), C23-S25 (Verse 28), C23-S26 (Verse 29), C23-S27 (Verse 29), C23-S28 (Verse 29), C23-S29 (Verse 29), C23-S30 (Verse 29), C23-S31 (Verse 29), C23-S32 (Verse 30), C23-S33 (Verse 31), C23-S34 (Verse 32), C23-S35 (Verse 33), C23-S36 (Verse 34), C23-S37 (Verse 35), C23-S38 (Verse 35).

C23-S1 (Verse 1-2) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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When thou sittest to eat with a ruler,
consider diligently what is before thee:

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And put a knife to thy throat,
if thou be a man given to appetite.

C23-S2 (Verse 3) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Be not desirous of his dainties:
for they are deceitful meat.

C23-S3 (Verse 4) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Labour not to be rich:
cease from thine own wisdom.

C23-S4 (Verse 5) Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not?

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for riches certainly make themselves wings;
they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

C23-S6 (Verse 6-7) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye,
neither desire thou his dainty meats:

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For as he thinketh in his heart,
so is he:

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Eat and drink,
saith he to thee;

but his heart is not with thee.

C23-S7 (Verse 8) Each phrase below has equal importance.

The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up,
and lose thy sweet words.

C23-S8 (Verse 9) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Speak not in the ears of a fool:
for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

C23-S9 (Verse 10-11) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Remove not the old landmark;
and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

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For their redeemer is mighty;
he shall plead their cause with thee.

C23-S10 (Verse 12) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Apply thine heart unto instruction,
and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

C23-S11 (Verse 13) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Withhold not correction from the child:
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for if thou beatest him with the rod,
he shall not die.

C23-S12 (Verse 14) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Thou shalt beat him with the rod,
and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

C23-S13 (Verse 15) Each phrase below has equal importance.

My son,
if thine heart be wise,
my heart shall rejoice,
even mine.

C23-S14 (Verse 16) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Yea,
my reins shall rejoice,
when thy lips speak right things.

C23-S15 (Verse 17) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Let not thine heart envy sinners:
but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

C23-S16 (Verse 18) Parts of sentence below are steps.

For surely there is an end;
and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

C23-S17 (Verse 19) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Hear thou,
my son,
and be wise,
and guide thine heart in the way.

C23-S18 (Verse 20-21) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Be not among winebibbers;
among riotous eaters of flesh:

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty:
and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

C23-S19 (Verse 22) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee,
and despise not thy mother when she is old.

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Buy the truth,
and sell it not;

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also wisdom,
and instruction,
and understanding.

C23-S21 (Verse 24) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice:
and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

C23-S22 (Verse 25) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Thy father and thy mother shall be glad,
and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

C23-S23 (Verse 26) Each phrase below has equal importance.

My son,
give me thine heart,
and let thine eyes observe my ways.

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For a whore is a deep ditch;
and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

C23-S25 (Verse 28) Each phrase below has equal importance.

She also lieth in wait as for a prey,
and increaseth the transgressors among men.

C23-S26 (Verse 29) Who hath woe?

C23-S27 (Verse 29) who hath sorrow?

C23-S28 (Verse 29) who hath contentions?

C23-S29 (Verse 29) who hath babbling?

C23-S30 (Verse 29) who hath wounds without cause?

C23-S31 (Verse 29) who hath redness of eyes?

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They that tarry long at the wine;
they that go to seek mixed wine.

C23-S33 (Verse 31) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Look not thou upon the wine when it is red,
when it giveth his colour in the cup,
when it moveth itself aright.

C23-S34 (Verse 32) Each phrase below has equal importance.

At the last it biteth like a serpent,
and stingeth like an adder.

C23-S35 (Verse 33) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Thine eyes shall behold strange women,
and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

C23-S36 (Verse 34) Each phrase below has equal importance.

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.

C23-S37 (Verse 35) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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They have stricken me,
shalt thou say,
and I was not sick;

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they have beaten me,
and I felt it not:

when shall I awake?

C23-S38 (Verse 35) I will seek it yet again.

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Proverbs Chapter 24 Ordered by Punctuation

Links to sentences in this chapter:

C24-S1 (Verse 1), C24-S2 (Verse 2), C24-S3 (Verse 3-4), C24-S4 (Verse 5), C24-S5 (Verse 6), C24-S6 (Verse 7), C24-S7 (Verse 8), C24-S8 (Verse 9), C24-S9 (Verse 10), C24-S10 (Verse 11-12), C24-S11 (Verse 12), C24-S12 (Verse 12), C24-S13 (Verse 13-14), C24-S14 (Verse 15-16), C24-S15 (Verse 17-18), C24-S16 (Verse 19-20), C24-S17 (Verse 21-22), C24-S18 (Verse 23), C24-S19 (Verse 23), C24-S20 (Verse 24-25), C24-S21 (Verse 26), C24-S22 (Verse 27), C24-S23 (Verse 28), C24-S24 (Verse 29), C24-S25 (Verse 30-31), C24-S26 (Verse 32), C24-S27 (Verse 33-34).

C24-S1 (Verse 1) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Be not thou envious against evil men,
neither desire to be with them.

C24-S2 (Verse 2) Each phrase below has equal importance.

For their heart studieth destruction,
and their lips talk of mischief.

C24-S3 (Verse 3-4) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Through wisdom is an house builded;
and by understanding it is established:

And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

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A wise man is strong;
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yea,
a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

C24-S5 (Verse 6) This sentence has equivalent sections.

For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war:
and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.

C24-S6 (Verse 7) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Wisdom is too high for a fool:
he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

C24-S7 (Verse 8) He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

C24-S8 (Verse 9) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The thought of foolishness is sin:
and the scorner is an abomination to men.

C24-S9 (Verse 10) Each phrase below has equal importance.

If thou faint in the day of adversity,
thy strength is small.

C24-S10 (Verse 11-12) Parts of sentence below are steps.

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If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death,
and those that are ready to be slain;

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If thou sayest,
Behold,
we knew it not;

doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it ?

C24-S11 (Verse 12) Each phrase below has equal importance.

and he that keepeth thy soul,
doth not he know it ?

C24-S12 (Verse 12) and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

C24-S13 (Verse 13-14) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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My son,
eat thou honey,
because it is good;

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and the honeycomb,
which is sweet to thy taste:

So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul:
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when thou hast found it ,
then there shall be a reward,
and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

C24-S14 (Verse 15-16) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Lay not wait,
O wicked man ,
against the dwelling of the righteous;

spoil not his resting place:

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For a just man falleth seven times,
and riseth up again:

but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

C24-S15 (Verse 17-18) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth,
and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

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Lest the LORD see it ,
and it displease him,
and he turn away his wrath from him.

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Fret not thyself because of evil men ,
neither be thou envious at the wicked;

For there shall be no reward to the evil man ;
the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

C24-S17 (Verse 21-22) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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My son,
fear thou the LORD and the king:

and meddle not with them that are given to change:
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For their calamity shall rise suddenly;
and who knoweth the ruin of them both?

C24-S18 (Verse 23) These things also belong to the wise.

C24-S19 (Verse 23) It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

C24-S20 (Verse 24-25) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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He that saith unto the wicked,
Thou art righteous;

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him shall the people curse,
nations shall abhor him:

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But to them that rebuke him shall be delight,
and a good blessing shall come upon them.

C24-S21 (Verse 26) Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.

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Prepare thy work without,
and make it fit for thyself in the field;

and afterwards build thine house.

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Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause;
and deceive not with thy lips.

C24-S24 (Verse 29) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Say not,
I will do so to him as he hath done to me:

I will render to the man according to his work.

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I went by the field of the slothful,
and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

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And,
lo,
it was all grown over with thorns,
and nettles had covered the face thereof,
and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

C24-S26 (Verse 32) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Then I saw,
and considered it well:

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I looked upon it,
and received instruction.

C24-S27 (Verse 33-34) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Yet a little sleep,
a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to sleep:

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So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth;
and thy want as an armed man.

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Proverbs Chapter 25 Ordered by Punctuation

Links to sentences in this chapter:

C25-S1 (Verse 1), C25-S2 (Verse 2), C25-S3 (Verse 3), C25-S4 (Verse 4), C25-S5 (Verse 5), C25-S6 (Verse 6-7), C25-S7 (Verse 8), C25-S8 (Verse 9-10), C25-S9 (Verse 11), C25-S10 (Verse 12), C25-S11 (Verse 13), C25-S12 (Verse 14), C25-S13 (Verse 15), C25-S14 (Verse 16), C25-S15 (Verse 16), C25-S16 (Verse 17), C25-S17 (Verse 18), C25-S18 (Verse 19), C25-S19 (Verse 20), C25-S20 (Verse 21-22), C25-S21 (Verse 23), C25-S22 (Verse 24), C25-S23 (Verse 25), C25-S24 (Verse 26), C25-S25 (Verse 27), C25-S26 (Verse 28).

C25-S1 (Verse 1) Each phrase below has equal importance.

These are also proverbs of Solomon,
which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

C25-S2 (Verse 2) This sentence has equivalent sections.

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing:
but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.

C25-S3 (Verse 3) Each phrase below has equal importance.

The heaven for height,
and the earth for depth,
and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

C25-S4 (Verse 4) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Take away the dross from the silver,
and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

C25-S5 (Verse 5) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Take away the wicked from before the king,
and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

C25-S6 (Verse 6-7) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king,
and stand not in the place of great men :

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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.

C25-S7 (Verse 8) Each phrase below has equal importance.

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.

C25-S8 (Verse 9-10) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself ;
and discover not a secret to another:

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Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame,
and thine infamy turn not away.

C25-S9 (Verse 11) A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

C25-S10 (Verse 12) Each phrase below has equal importance.

As an earring of gold,
and an ornament of fine gold,
so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

C25-S11 (Verse 13) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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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.

C25-S12 (Verse 14) Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.

C25-S13 (Verse 15) Each phrase below has equal importance.

By long forbearing is a prince persuaded,
and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

C25-S14 (Verse 16) Hast thou found honey?

C25-S15 (Verse 16) Each phrase below has equal importance.

eat so much as is sufficient for thee,
lest thou be filled therewith,
and vomit it.

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Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house;
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lest he be weary of thee,
and so hate thee.

C25-S17 (Verse 18) Each phrase below has equal importance.

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul,
and a sword,
and a sharp arrow.

C25-S18 (Verse 19) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth,
and a foot out of joint.

C25-S19 (Verse 20) Each phrase below has equal importance.

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.

C25-S20 (Verse 21-22) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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If thine enemy be hungry,
give him bread to eat;

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and if he be thirsty,
give him water to drink:

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For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head,
and the LORD shall reward thee.

C25-S21 (Verse 23) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The north wind driveth away rain:
so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

C25-S22 (Verse 24) Each phrase below has equal importance.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,
than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

C25-S23 (Verse 25) Each phrase below has equal importance.

As cold waters to a thirsty soul,
so is good news from a far country.

C25-S24 (Verse 26) Each phrase below has equal importance.

A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain,
and a corrupt spring.

C25-S25 (Verse 27) This sentence has equivalent sections.

It is not good to eat much honey:
so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

C25-S26 (Verse 28) Each phrase below has equal importance.

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down,
and without walls.

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Proverbs Chapter 26 Ordered by Punctuation

Links to sentences in this chapter:

C26-S1 (Verse 1), C26-S2 (Verse 2), C26-S3 (Verse 3), C26-S4 (Verse 4), C26-S5 (Verse 5), C26-S6 (Verse 6), C26-S7 (Verse 7), C26-S8 (Verse 8), C26-S9 (Verse 9), C26-S10 (Verse 10), C26-S11 (Verse 11), C26-S12 (Verse 12), C26-S13 (Verse 12), C26-S14 (Verse 13), C26-S15 (Verse 14), C26-S16 (Verse 15), C26-S17 (Verse 16), C26-S18 (Verse 17), C26-S19 (Verse 18-19), C26-S20 (Verse 20), C26-S21 (Verse 21), C26-S22 (Verse 22), C26-S23 (Verse 23), C26-S24 (Verse 24-25), C26-S25 (Verse 26), C26-S26 (Verse 27), C26-S27 (Verse 28).

C26-S1 (Verse 1) Each phrase below has equal importance.

As snow in summer,
and as rain in harvest,
so honour is not seemly for a fool.

C26-S2 (Verse 2) Each phrase below has equal importance.

As the bird by wandering,
as the swallow by flying,
so the curse causeless shall not come.

C26-S3 (Verse 3) Each phrase below has equal importance.

A whip for the horse,
a bridle for the ass,
and a rod for the fool's back.

C26-S4 (Verse 4) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Answer not a fool according to his folly,
lest thou also be like unto him.

C26-S5 (Verse 5) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Answer a fool according to his folly,
lest he be wise in his own conceit.

C26-S6 (Verse 6) Each phrase below has equal importance.

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet,
and drinketh damage.

C26-S7 (Verse 7) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The legs of the lame are not equal:
so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

C26-S8 (Verse 8) Each phrase below has equal importance.

As he that bindeth a stone in a sling,
so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

C26-S9 (Verse 9) Each phrase below has equal importance.

As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard,
so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

C26-S10 (Verse 10) Each phrase below has equal importance.

The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool,
and rewardeth transgressors.

C26-S11 (Verse 11) Each phrase below has equal importance.

As a dog returneth to his vomit,
so a fool returneth to his folly.

C26-S12 (Verse 12) Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit?

C26-S13 (Verse 12) there is more hope of a fool than of him.

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The slothful man saith,
There is a lion in the way;

a lion is in the streets.

C26-S15 (Verse 14) Each phrase below has equal importance.

As the door turneth upon his hinges,
so doth the slothful upon his bed.

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The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom;
it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.

C26-S17 (Verse 16) The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

C26-S18 (Verse 17) Each phrase below has equal importance.

He that passeth by,
and meddleth with strife belonging not to him,
is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

C26-S19 (Verse 18-19) Each phrase below has equal importance.

As a mad man who casteth firebrands,
arrows,
and death,
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour,
and saith,
Am not I in sport?

C26-S20 (Verse 20) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Where no wood is,
there the fire goeth out:

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so where there is no talebearer,
the strife ceaseth.

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As coals are to burning coals,
and wood to fire;

so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

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The words of a talebearer are as wounds,
and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

C26-S23 (Verse 23) Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

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He that hateth dissembleth with his lips,
and layeth up deceit within him;

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When he speaketh fair,
believe him not:

for there are seven abominations in his heart.

C26-S25 (Verse 26) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Whose hatred is covered by deceit,
his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.

C26-S26 (Verse 27) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein:
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and he that rolleth a stone,
it will return upon him.

C26-S27 (Verse 28) Parts of sentence below are steps.

A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it;
and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

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Proverbs Chapter 27 Ordered by Punctuation

Links to sentences in this chapter:

C27-S1 (Verse 1), C27-S2 (Verse 2), C27-S3 (Verse 3), C27-S4 (Verse 4), C27-S5 (Verse 5), C27-S6 (Verse 6), C27-S7 (Verse 7), C27-S8 (Verse 8), C27-S9 (Verse 9), C27-S10 (Verse 10), C27-S11 (Verse 11), C27-S12 (Verse 12), C27-S13 (Verse 13), C27-S14 (Verse 14), C27-S15 (Verse 15), C27-S16 (Verse 16), C27-S17 (Verse 17), C27-S18 (Verse 18), C27-S19 (Verse 19), C27-S20 (Verse 20), C27-S21 (Verse 21), C27-S22 (Verse 22), C27-S23 (Verse 23), C27-S24 (Verse 24), C27-S25 (Verse 25), C27-S26 (Verse 26), C27-S27 (Verse 27).

C27-S1 (Verse 1) Parts of sentence below are steps.

Boast not thyself of to morrow;
for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

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Let another man praise thee,
and not thine own mouth;

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a stranger,
and not thine own lips.

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A stone is heavy,
and the sand weighty;

but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

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Wrath is cruel,
and anger is outrageous;

but who is able to stand before envy?

C27-S5 (Verse 5) Open rebuke is better than secret love.

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Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

C27-S7 (Verse 7) Parts of sentence below are steps.

The full soul loatheth an honeycomb;
but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

C27-S8 (Verse 8) Each phrase below has equal importance.

As a bird that wandereth from her nest,
so is a man that wandereth from his place.

C27-S9 (Verse 9) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart:
so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

C27-S10 (Verse 10) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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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.

C27-S11 (Verse 11) Each phrase below has equal importance.

My son,
be wise,
and make my heart glad,
that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

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A prudent man foreseeth the evil,
and hideth himself;

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but the simple pass on,
and are punished.

C27-S13 (Verse 13) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger,
and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

C27-S14 (Verse 14) Each phrase below has equal importance.

He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice,
rising early in the morning,
it shall be counted a curse to him.

C27-S15 (Verse 15) A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

C27-S16 (Verse 16) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind,
and the ointment of his right hand,
which bewrayeth itself .

C27-S17 (Verse 17) Parts of sentence below are steps.

Iron sharpeneth iron;
so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

C27-S18 (Verse 18) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof:
so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

C27-S19 (Verse 19) Each phrase below has equal importance.

As in water face answereth to face,
so the heart of man to man.

C27-S20 (Verse 20) Parts of sentence below are steps.

Hell and destruction are never full;
so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

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As the fining pot for silver,
and the furnace for gold;

so is a man to his praise.

C27-S22 (Verse 22) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle,
yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

C27-S23 (Verse 23) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,
and look well to thy herds.

C27-S24 (Verse 24) This sentence has equivalent sections.

For riches are not for ever:
and doth the crown endure to every generation?

C27-S25 (Verse 25) Each phrase below has equal importance.

The hay appeareth,
and the tender grass sheweth itself,
and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

C27-S26 (Verse 26) Each phrase below has equal importance.

The lambs are for thy clothing,
and the goats are the price of the field.

C27-S27 (Verse 27) Each phrase below has equal importance.

And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food,
for the food of thy household,
and for the maintenance for thy maidens.

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Links to sentences in this chapter:

C28-S1 (Verse 1), C28-S2 (Verse 2), C28-S3 (Verse 3), C28-S4 (Verse 4), C28-S5 (Verse 5), C28-S6 (Verse 6), C28-S7 (Verse 7), C28-S8 (Verse 8), C28-S9 (Verse 9), C28-S10 (Verse 10), C28-S11 (Verse 11), C28-S12 (Verse 12), C28-S13 (Verse 13), C28-S14 (Verse 14), C28-S15 (Verse 15), C28-S16 (Verse 16), C28-S17 (Verse 17), C28-S18 (Verse 18), C28-S19 (Verse 19), C28-S20 (Verse 20), C28-S21 (Verse 21), C28-S22 (Verse 22), C28-S23 (Verse 23), C28-S24 (Verse 24), C28-S25 (Verse 25), C28-S26 (Verse 26), C28-S27 (Verse 27), C28-S28 (Verse 28).

C28-S1 (Verse 1) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth:
but the righteous are bold as a lion.

C28-S2 (Verse 2) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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.

C28-S3 (Verse 3) A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

C28-S4 (Verse 4) This sentence has equivalent sections.

They that forsake the law praise the wicked:
but such as keep the law contend with them.

C28-S5 (Verse 5) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Evil men understand not judgment:
but they that seek the LORD understand all things .

C28-S6 (Verse 6) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness,
than he that is perverse in his ways,
though he be rich.

C28-S7 (Verse 7) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son:
but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

C28-S8 (Verse 8) Each phrase below has equal importance.

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance,
he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

C28-S9 (Verse 9) Each phrase below has equal importance.

He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law,
even his prayer shall be abomination.

C28-S10 (Verse 10) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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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.

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The rich man is wise in his own conceit;
but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

C28-S12 (Verse 12) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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When righteous men do rejoice,
there is great glory:

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but when the wicked rise,
a man is hidden.

C28-S13 (Verse 13) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper:
but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

C28-S14 (Verse 14) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Happy is the man that feareth alway:
but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

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As a roaring lion,
and a ranging bear;

so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.

C28-S16 (Verse 16) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor:
but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

C28-S17 (Verse 17) Parts of sentence below are steps.

A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit;
let no man stay him.

C28-S18 (Verse 18) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved:
but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

C28-S19 (Verse 19) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread:
but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

C28-S20 (Verse 20) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A faithful man shall abound with blessings:
but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

C28-S21 (Verse 21) This sentence has equivalent sections.

To have respect of persons is not good:
for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

C28-S22 (Verse 22) Each phrase below has equal importance.

He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye,
and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

C28-S23 (Verse 23) He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

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Whoso robbeth his father or his mother,
and saith,
It is no transgression;

the same is the companion of a destroyer.

C28-S25 (Verse 25) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife:
but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

C28-S26 (Verse 26) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool:
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but whoso walketh wisely,
he shall be delivered.

C28-S27 (Verse 27) This sentence has equivalent sections.

He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack:
but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

C28-S28 (Verse 28) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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When the wicked rise,
men hide themselves:

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but when they perish,
the righteous increase.

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Proverbs Chapter 29 Ordered by Punctuation

Links to sentences in this chapter:

C29-S1 (Verse 1), C29-S2 (Verse 2), C29-S3 (Verse 3), C29-S4 (Verse 4), C29-S5 (Verse 5), C29-S6 (Verse 6), C29-S7 (Verse 7), C29-S8 (Verse 8), C29-S9 (Verse 9), C29-S10 (Verse 10), C29-S11 (Verse 11), C29-S12 (Verse 12), C29-S13 (Verse 13), C29-S14 (Verse 14), C29-S15 (Verse 15), C29-S16 (Verse 16), C29-S17 (Verse 17), C29-S18 (Verse 18), C29-S19 (Verse 19), C29-S20 (Verse 20), C29-S21 (Verse 20), C29-S22 (Verse 21), C29-S23 (Verse 22), C29-S24 (Verse 23), C29-S25 (Verse 24), C29-S26 (Verse 25), C29-S27 (Verse 26), C29-S28 (Verse 27).

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He,
that being often reproved hardeneth his neck,
shall suddenly be destroyed,
and that without remedy.

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When the righteous are in authority,
the people rejoice:

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but when the wicked beareth rule,
the people mourn.

C29-S3 (Verse 3) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father:
but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

C29-S4 (Verse 4) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The king by judgment establisheth the land:
but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.

C29-S5 (Verse 5) A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.

C29-S6 (Verse 6) This sentence has equivalent sections.

In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare:
but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

C29-S7 (Verse 7) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The righteous considereth the cause of the poor:
but the wicked regardeth not to know it .

C29-S8 (Verse 8) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Scornful men bring a city into a snare:
but wise men turn away wrath.

C29-S9 (Verse 9) Each phrase below has equal importance.

If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man,
whether he rage or laugh,
there is no rest.

C29-S10 (Verse 10) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The bloodthirsty hate the upright:
but the just seek his soul.

C29-S11 (Verse 11) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A fool uttereth all his mind:
but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

C29-S12 (Verse 12) Each phrase below has equal importance.

If a ruler hearken to lies,
all his servants are wicked.

C29-S13 (Verse 13) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The poor and the deceitful man meet together:
the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.

C29-S14 (Verse 14) Each phrase below has equal importance.

The king that faithfully judgeth the poor,
his throne shall be established for ever.

C29-S15 (Verse 15) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The rod and reproof give wisdom:
but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

C29-S16 (Verse 16) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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When the wicked are multiplied,
transgression increaseth:

but the righteous shall see their fall.

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Correct thy son,
and he shall give thee rest;

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yea,
he shall give delight unto thy soul.

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Where there is no vision,
the people perish:

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but he that keepeth the law,
happy is he.

C29-S19 (Verse 19) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A servant will not be corrected by words:
for though he understand he will not answer.

C29-S20 (Verse 20) Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words?

C29-S21 (Verse 20) there is more hope of a fool than of him.

C29-S22 (Verse 21) He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.

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An angry man stirreth up strife,
and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

C29-S24 (Verse 23) This sentence has equivalent sections.

A man's pride shall bring him low:
but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.

C29-S25 (Verse 24) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul:
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he heareth cursing,
and bewrayeth it not.

C29-S26 (Verse 25) This sentence has equivalent sections.

The fear of man bringeth a snare:
but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.

C29-S27 (Verse 26) Parts of sentence below are steps.

Many seek the ruler's favour;
but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.

C29-S28 (Verse 27) This sentence has equivalent sections.

An unjust man is an abomination to the just:
and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.

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Proverbs Chapter 30 Ordered by Punctuation

Links to sentences in this chapter:

C30-S1 (Verse 1-2), C30-S2 (Verse 3), C30-S3 (Verse 4), C30-S4 (Verse 4), C30-S5 (Verse 4), C30-S6 (Verse 4), C30-S7 (Verse 4), C30-S8 (Verse 5), C30-S9 (Verse 6), C30-S10 (Verse 7-9), C30-S11 (Verse 9), C30-S12 (Verse 10), C30-S13 (Verse 11), C30-S14 (Verse 12), C30-S15 (Verse 13), C30-S16 (Verse 13), C30-S17 (Verse 14), C30-S18 (Verse 15), C30-S19 (Verse 15-16), C30-S20 (Verse 17), C30-S21 (Verse 18-19), C30-S22 (Verse 20), C30-S23 (Verse 21-23), C30-S24 (Verse 24-28), C30-S25 (Verse 29-31), C30-S26 (Verse 32), C30-S27 (Verse 33).

C30-S1 (Verse 1-2) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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The words of Agur the son of Jakeh,
even the prophecy:

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the man spake unto Ithiel,
even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
Surely I am more brutish than any man,
and have not the understanding of a man.

C30-S2 (Verse 3) Each phrase below has equal importance.

I neither learned wisdom,
nor have the knowledge of the holy.

C30-S3 (Verse 4) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Who hath ascended up into heaven,
or descended?

C30-S4 (Verse 4) who hath gathered the wind in his fists?

C30-S5 (Verse 4) who hath bound the waters in a garment?

C30-S6 (Verse 4) who hath established all the ends of the earth?

C30-S7 (Verse 4) Each phrase below has equal importance.

what is his name,
and what is his son's name,
if thou canst tell?

C30-S8 (Verse 5) This sentence has equivalent sections.

Every word of God is pure:
he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

C30-S9 (Verse 6) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Add thou not unto his words,
lest he reprove thee,
and thou be found a liar.

C30-S10 (Verse 7-9) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Two things have I required of thee;
deny me them not before I die:

Remove far from me vanity and lies:
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give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with food convenient for me:

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Lest I be full,
and deny thee ,
and say,
Who is the LORD?

C30-S11 (Verse 9) Each phrase below has equal importance.

or lest I be poor,
and steal,
and take the name of my God in vain .

C30-S12 (Verse 10) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Accuse not a servant unto his master,
lest he curse thee,
and thou be found guilty.

C30-S13 (Verse 11) Each phrase below has equal importance.

There is a generation that curseth their father,
and doth not bless their mother.

C30-S14 (Verse 12) Each phrase below has equal importance.

There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes,
and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

C30-S15 (Verse 13) Each phrase below has equal importance.

There is a generation,
O how lofty are their eyes!

C30-S16 (Verse 13) and their eyelids are lifted up.

C30-S17 (Verse 14) Each phrase below has equal importance.

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.

C30-S18 (Verse 15) Each phrase below has equal importance.

The horseleach hath two daughters,
crying ,
Give,
give.

C30-S19 (Verse 15-16) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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There are three things that are never satisfied,
yea ,
four things say not,
It is enough:

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The grave;
and the barren womb;
the earth that is not filled with water;
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and the fire that saith not,
It is enough.

C30-S20 (Verse 17) Each phrase below has equal importance.

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.

C30-S21 (Verse 18-19) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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There be three things which are too wonderful for me,
yea,
four which I know not:

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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.

C30-S22 (Verse 20) Parts of sentence below are steps.

Such is the way of an adulterous woman;
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she eateth,
and wipeth her mouth,
and saith,
I have done no wickedness.

C30-S23 (Verse 21-23) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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For three things the earth is disquieted,
and for four which it cannot bear:

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For a servant when he reigneth;
and a fool when he is filled with meat;
For an odious woman when she is married;
and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

C30-S24 (Verse 24-28) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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There be four things which are little upon the earth,
but they are exceeding wise:

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The ants are a people not strong,
yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

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The conies are but a feeble folk,
yet make they their houses in the rocks;

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The locusts have no king,
yet go they forth all of them by bands;

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The spider taketh hold with her hands,
and is in kings' palaces.

C30-S25 (Verse 29-31) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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There be three things which go well,
yea,
four are comely in going:

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A lion which is strongest among beasts,
and turneth not away for any;

A greyhound;
an he goat also;
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and a king,
against whom there is no rising up.

C30-S26 (Verse 32) Each phrase below has equal importance.

If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself,
or if thou hast thought evil,
lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

C30-S27 (Verse 33) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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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.

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Proverbs Chapter 31 Ordered by Punctuation

Links to sentences in this chapter:

C31-S1 (Verse 1), C31-S2 (Verse 2), C31-S3 (Verse 2), C31-S4 (Verse 2), C31-S5 (Verse 3), C31-S6 (Verse 4-5), C31-S7 (Verse 6), C31-S8 (Verse 7), C31-S9 (Verse 8), C31-S10 (Verse 9), C31-S11 (Verse 10), C31-S12 (Verse 10), C31-S13 (Verse 11), C31-S14 (Verse 12), C31-S15 (Verse 13), C31-S16 (Verse 14), C31-S17 (Verse 15), C31-S18 (Verse 16), C31-S19 (Verse 17), C31-S20 (Verse 18), C31-S21 (Verse 19), C31-S22 (Verse 20), C31-S23 (Verse 21), C31-S24 (Verse 22), C31-S25 (Verse 23), C31-S26 (Verse 24), C31-S27 (Verse 25), C31-S28 (Verse 26), C31-S29 (Verse 27), C31-S30 (Verse 28), C31-S31 (Verse 29), C31-S32 (Verse 30), C31-S33 (Verse 30).

C31-S1 (Verse 1) Each phrase below has equal importance.

The words of king Lemuel,
the prophecy that his mother taught him.

C31-S2 (Verse 2) Each phrase below has equal importance.

What,
my son?

C31-S3 (Verse 2) Each phrase below has equal importance.

and what,
the son of my womb?

C31-S4 (Verse 2) Each phrase below has equal importance.

and what,
the son of my vows?

C31-S5 (Verse 3) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Give not thy strength unto women,
nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

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It is not for kings,
O Lemuel,
it is not for kings to drink wine;

nor for princes strong drink:

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Lest they drink,
and forget the law,
and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

C31-S7 (Verse 6) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish,
and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.

C31-S8 (Verse 7) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Let him drink,
and forget his poverty,
and remember his misery no more.

C31-S9 (Verse 8) Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

C31-S10 (Verse 9) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Open thy mouth,
judge righteously,
and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

C31-S11 (Verse 10) Who can find a virtuous woman?

C31-S12 (Verse 10) for her price is far above rubies.

C31-S13 (Verse 11) Each phrase below has equal importance.

The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her,
so that he shall have no need of spoil.

C31-S14 (Verse 12) She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.

C31-S15 (Verse 13) Each phrase below has equal importance.

She seeketh wool,
and flax,
and worketh willingly with her hands.

C31-S16 (Verse 14) Parts of sentence below are steps.

She is like the merchants' ships;
she bringeth her food from afar.

C31-S17 (Verse 15) Each phrase below has equal importance.

She riseth also while it is yet night,
and giveth meat to her household,
and a portion to her maidens.

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She considereth a field,
and buyeth it:

with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.

C31-S19 (Verse 17) Each phrase below has equal importance.

She girdeth her loins with strength,
and strengtheneth her arms.

C31-S20 (Verse 18) This sentence has equivalent sections.

She perceiveth that her merchandise is good:
her candle goeth not out by night.

C31-S21 (Verse 19) Each phrase below has equal importance.

She layeth her hands to the spindle,
and her hands hold the distaff.

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She stretcheth out her hand to the poor;
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yea,
she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.

C31-S23 (Verse 21) This sentence has equivalent sections.

She is not afraid of the snow for her household:
for all her household are clothed with scarlet.

C31-S24 (Verse 22) Parts of sentence below are steps.

She maketh herself coverings of tapestry;
her clothing is silk and purple.

C31-S25 (Verse 23) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Her husband is known in the gates,
when he sitteth among the elders of the land.

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She maketh fine linen,
and selleth it ;

and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.

C31-S27 (Verse 25) Parts of sentence below are steps.

Strength and honour are her clothing;
and she shall rejoice in time to come.

C31-S28 (Verse 26) Parts of sentence below are steps.

She openeth her mouth with wisdom;
and in her tongue is the law of kindness.

C31-S29 (Verse 27) Each phrase below has equal importance.

She looketh well to the ways of her household,
and eateth not the bread of idleness.

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Her children arise up,
and call her blessed;

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her husband also ,
and he praiseth her.

C31-S31 (Verse 29) Each phrase below has equal importance.

Many daughters have done virtuously,
but thou excellest them all.

C31-S32 (Verse 30) This sentence has equivalent sections.

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Favour is deceitful,
and beauty is vain:

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but a woman that feareth the LORD,
she shall be praised.

C31-S33 (Verse 30) Parts of sentence below are steps.

Give her of the fruit of her hands;
and let her own works praise her in the gates.

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