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\h PROVERBS 
\toc1 Proverbs 
\toc2 Proverbs 
\toc3 Pro 
\mt2 This book contains many wise things that King Solomon said. We call this book  
\mt1 Proverbs  
\c 1  
\s1 The purpose of Proverbs  
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\v 1 \w These|strong="H1732"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1732"\w* ◄\w proverbs|strong="H4912"\w*/wise sayings► \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w come|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w the|strong="H1732"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w the|strong="H1732"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.   
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\v 2 ◄These proverbs [PRS] \w can|strong="H3045"\w* \w teach|strong="H3045"\w* \w people|strong="H3045"\w*/\w By|strong="H2451"\w* studying these proverbs, \w people|strong="H3045"\w* \w can|strong="H3045"\w* \w learn|strong="H3045"\w*► \w how|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w be|strong="H2451"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2451"\w* \w how|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w obey|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* these proverbs \w teach|strong="H3045"\w* \w them|strong="H3045"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H2451"\w* \add also\add* help \w people|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w understand|strong="H3045"\w* \w which|strong="H4148"\w* teachings \w are|strong="H3045"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w These|strong="H3947"\w* proverbs [PRS] \w will|strong="H7919"\w* teach \w you|strong="H3947"\w* how \w to|strong="H4941"\w* \w discipline|strong="H4148"\w*/control yourselves,  
\q2 how \w to|strong="H4941"\w* conduct \w your|strong="H3947"\w* lives,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4941"\w* how \w to|strong="H4941"\w* do \w what|strong="H6664"\w* \w is|strong="H4941"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w just|strong="H6664"\w* [DOU].   
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\v 4 \w They|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w show|strong="H5414"\w* \add people\add* \w who|strong="H5288"\w* do \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \add yet\add* \w know|strong="H1847"\w* much how \w to|strong="H5414"\w* do things \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H5288"\w* smart.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w show|strong="H5414"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w people|strong="H5288"\w* how \w to|strong="H5414"\w* become wise \w and|strong="H5288"\w* how \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* good \w plans|strong="H4209"\w*/decisions.   
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\v 5 \w Those|strong="H8085"\w* \w who|strong="H2450"\w* \w are|strong="H2450"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w should|strong="H2450"\w* \w also|strong="H3254"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \add to these proverbs\add*,  
\q2 \w in|strong="H8085"\w* order \w to|strong="H8085"\w* become \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w those|strong="H8085"\w* \w who|strong="H2450"\w* \w understand|strong="H8085"\w* \add these teachings\add* \w will|strong="H2450"\w* receive good \w advice|strong="H8458"\w*/\w guidance|strong="H8458"\w*.   
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\v 6 Then \w they|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* able \w to|strong="H1697"\w* understand \w the|strong="H1697"\w* meaning \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w proverbs|strong="H4912"\w* \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w parables|strong="H4912"\w*/metaphors,  
\q2 these \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w sayings|strong="H1697"\w* \w and|strong="H1697"\w* ◄\w riddles|strong="H2420"\w*/\w sayings|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w difficult|strong="H2420"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* understand►.   
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\q1
\v 7 If \add you want to be\add* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*, \w you|strong="H7225"\w* must begin \w by|strong="H3068"\w* revering \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\q2 \add Only\add* foolish people despise \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* good advice/\w discipline|strong="H4148"\w*.   
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\s1 Warnings about sinful people  
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\v 8 \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \add I\add*, \w your|strong="H8085"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*, am \w teaching|strong="H8451"\w* \w you|strong="H8085"\w*.  
\q1 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w do|strong="H8085"\w* \w not|strong="H8085"\w* reject \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* mother teaches \w you|strong="H8085"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w What|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* teach \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add will make you respected like having\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lovely turban \w around|strong="H1621"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add beautiful\add* necklace \w to|strong="H7218"\w* put \w around|strong="H1621"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w neck|strong="H1621"\w*.   
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\v 10 My \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w if|strong="H1121"\w* \w sinners|strong="H2400"\w* tempt/\w entice|strong="H6601"\w* you \add to do what is wrong\add*,  
\q1 say “No” \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w They|strong="H2600"\w* may say, “\w Come|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* us! Join us!  
\q2 We \w will|strong="H5355"\w* \w hide|strong="H6845"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* then kill [MTY] someone \add who passes by\add*.  
\q2 We \w will|strong="H5355"\w* \w ambush|strong="H6845"\w* some helpless/\w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w people|strong="H1818"\w*.   
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\v 12 We \w will|strong="H8549"\w* kill \w them|strong="H3381"\w* [HYP] \w and|strong="H3381"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H2416"\w* \w them|strong="H3381"\w* completely,  
\q2 \add just\add* \w like|strong="H3381"\w* \add people who are buried in\add* graves \w are|strong="H7585"\w* \w gone|strong="H3381"\w* forever.  
\q1 \w While|strong="H1104"\w* they \w are|strong="H7585"\w* \w in|strong="H8549"\w* good health, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H8549"\w* send \w them|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3381"\w* place where dead people \w are|strong="H7585"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w And|strong="H1004"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w seize|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* own.  
\q2 \w We|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w fill|strong="H4390"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*!   
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\v 14  \add So\add*, \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H3605"\w* \w us|strong="H1961"\w*!  
\q1 Join \w our|strong="H3605"\w* group!  
\q2 \w We|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w share|strong="H3599"\w* \w with|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* steal.”   
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\v 15 \w My|strong="H1870"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H1870"\w* accompany \w them|strong="H1121"\w*!  
\q2 \w Do|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H1870"\w* \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w roads|strong="H1870"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w them|strong="H1121"\w*!   
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\v 16 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* rush \w to|strong="H7323"\w* \w do|strong="H4116"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* deeds!  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w hurry|strong="H4116"\w* \w to|strong="H7323"\w* murder [MTY] \w people|strong="H1818"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w useless|strong="H2600"\w* \w to|strong="H5869"\w* put \w out|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ◄trap/\w net|strong="H7568"\w* \w to|strong="H5869"\w* catch \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bird|strong="H3671"\w*► \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bird|strong="H3671"\w* sees \w it|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q2 \add it stays away from it\add*.   
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\v 18 \w But|strong="H1992"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* wicked \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H5315"\w* \w like|strong="H1818"\w* \w the|strong="H1992"\w* birds,  
\q1 \add because they do not realize\add*  
\q2 \w that|strong="H5315"\w* when \w they|strong="H1992"\w* prepare \w to|strong="H5315"\w* \w ambush|strong="H6845"\w* \w someone|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H5315"\w* kill \w him|strong="H5315"\w*,  
\q1 \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H5315"\w* killed \w themselves|strong="H5315"\w*!   
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\v 19 \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w what|strong="H3651"\w* happens \w to|strong="H5315"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* eagerly try \w to|strong="H5315"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \add by violently attacking others\add*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w only|strong="H3605"\w* \w destroy|strong="H3605"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5315"\w*!   
\s1 Wisdom shouts in the streets  
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\v 20 \w Wisdom|strong="H2454"\w* [PRS] \w shouts|strong="H7442"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* people \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w calls|strong="H2454"\w* \w out|strong="H2351"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* people \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* ◄\w plazas|strong="H7339"\w*/\w town|strong="H7339"\w* \w squares|strong="H7339"\w*►.   
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\v 21 Wisdom \w calls|strong="H7121"\w* out \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w noisy|strong="H1993"\w* places,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w at|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w entrances|strong="H6607"\w* \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 22  \add Wisdom says\add*, “\w How|strong="H4970"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w stupid|strong="H3684"\w* people continue \w to|strong="H5704"\w* enjoy doing \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w things|strong="H2530"\w* [RHQ]?  
\q2 \w How|strong="H4970"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* people \w who|strong="H1992"\w* ridicule God enjoy doing \w that|strong="H5704"\w* [RHQ]?  
\q2 \w How|strong="H4970"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* people refuse \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w know|strong="H1847"\w* \add what things are right\add* [RHQ]?   
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\v 23 \w If|strong="H2009"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w pay|strong="H7725"\w* \w attention|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w when|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w rebuke|strong="H8433"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w tell|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* am thinking \w in|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H3045"\w* inner being;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w give|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w some|strong="H1697"\w* good \w advice|strong="H1697"\w*.   
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\v 24 But \w when|strong="H3027"\w* \w I|strong="H3282"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3985"\w* \w you|strong="H3282"\w*, \w you|strong="H3282"\w* \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* \w to|strong="H3985"\w* \w listen|strong="H7181"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3282"\w* beckoned \w to|strong="H3985"\w* \w you|strong="H3282"\w* \w to|strong="H3985"\w* come \w to|strong="H3985"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w*,  
\q2 but \w you|strong="H3282"\w* ignored \w me|strong="H7121"\w*.   
\q1
\v 25 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* tried \w to|strong="H3808"\w* advise \w you|strong="H3605"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* tried \w to|strong="H3808"\w* correct \w you|strong="H3605"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* rejected what \w I|strong="H3808"\w* told \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.   
\q1
\v 26 \w So|strong="H1571"\w* \add now\add*, \w when|strong="H1571"\w* \w you|strong="H1571"\w* \w are|strong="H1571"\w* experiencing troubles/disasters,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H1571"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w laugh|strong="H7832"\w* \w at|strong="H7832"\w* \w you|strong="H1571"\w*.  
\q1 \w When|strong="H1571"\w* things happen \w that|strong="H1571"\w* cause \w you|strong="H1571"\w* \w to|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* \w afraid|strong="H6343"\w*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H1571"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* make fun \w of|strong="H6343"\w* \w you|strong="H1571"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w When|strong="H5921"\w* \w calamities|strong="H6869"\w* strike \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w like|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* big \w storm|strong="H5492"\w*,  
\q1 \w when|strong="H5921"\w* disasters hit \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w like|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* violent wind,  
\q1 \w when|strong="H5921"\w* \add all kinds of things\add* \w distress|strong="H6869"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H6869"\w* give \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w trouble|strong="H6869"\w*,  
\q2 \add I will ridicule you!\add*   
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\v 28  \add Wisdom also says\add*, “\w When|strong="H4672"\w* foolish \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \add to help them\add*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* search \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \w diligently|strong="H7836"\w*/everywhere,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H1847"\w* \add what things are right\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* decided \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* revere \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* accept \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w advice|strong="H6098"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6098"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* pay attention when \w I|strong="H3808"\w* tried \w to|strong="H3808"\w* correct them.   
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\v 31 So \w they|strong="H1870"\w* \w will|strong="H6529"\w* endure \w what|strong="H1870"\w* \w will|strong="H6529"\w* result [MET, DOU] \w from|strong="H6529"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* evil \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w they|strong="H1870"\w* \w have|strong="H7646"\w* lived/behaved  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* evil things \w they|strong="H1870"\w* \w have|strong="H7646"\w* planned \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w Those|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3588"\w* turn \w away|strong="H4878"\w* from \w me|strong="H2026"\w* \w are|strong="H4878"\w* \w stupid|strong="H3684"\w*/\w foolish|strong="H3684"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3684"\w* die \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H7962"\w* doing \w that|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w But|strong="H8085"\w* \w those|strong="H8085"\w* who \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H8085"\w* \w live|strong="H7931"\w* peacefully \w and|strong="H8085"\w* safely,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H8085"\w* \w not|strong="H8085"\w* \w be|strong="H7451"\w* \w afraid|strong="H6343"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* something \w will|strong="H8085"\w* \w harm|strong="H7451"\w* \w them|strong="H8085"\w*.”   
\c 2  
\s1 The results of wisdom  
\q1
\v 1 \w My|strong="H3947"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, listen \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w what|strong="H4687"\w* \w I|strong="H1121"\w* say,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add consider my instructions to be as valuable as\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w treasure|strong="H6845"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w Pay|strong="H7181"\w* \w attention|strong="H7181"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2451"\w* try hard \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w understand|strong="H8394"\w* \w it|strong="H5186"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Call|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H5414"\w* \add to God\add* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* get insight;  
\q2 plead \w with|strong="H6963"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* help \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w understand|strong="H8394"\w* \w more|strong="H3588"\w* \add of what he wants you to know\add*.   
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\v 4 \w Search|strong="H2664"\w* \add eagerly\add* \w for|strong="H1245"\w* wisdom, \w like|strong="H3701"\w* \w you|strong="H1245"\w* would \w search|strong="H2664"\w* \w for|strong="H1245"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*,  
\q2 \w like|strong="H3701"\w* \w you|strong="H1245"\w* would \w search|strong="H2664"\w* \w for|strong="H1245"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w treasure|strong="H4301"\w* \w that|strong="H3701"\w* someone \w has|strong="H3701"\w* \w hidden|strong="H4301"\w*.   
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\v 5 If \w you|strong="H4672"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H4672"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* understand how \w to|strong="H3068"\w* revere \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H4672"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* succeed \w in|strong="H3068"\w* knowing \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H6310"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w gives|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*.  
\q2 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H6310"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* tells \w us|strong="H5414"\w* things \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* need \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H1847"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w understand|strong="H8394"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w He|strong="H1980"\w* gives good advice \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w those|strong="H1980"\w* \w who|strong="H3477"\w* conduct \w their|strong="H6845"\w* lives \w as|strong="H1980"\w* \w they|strong="H4043"\w* \w should|strong="H1980"\w*.  
\q2 \w He|strong="H1980"\w* protects [MET] \w those|strong="H1980"\w* \w who|strong="H3477"\w* do \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w is|strong="H3477"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*.   
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\v 8 He \w guards|strong="H8104"\w* those \w who|strong="H8104"\w* act \w justly|strong="H4941"\w*/\w fairly|strong="H4941"\w* \add toward others\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4941"\w* he \w watches|strong="H8104"\w* over those \w who|strong="H8104"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* faithful/\w loyal|strong="H2623"\w* \add to him\add*.   
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\v 9  \add If you ask God for wisdom\add*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H6664"\w* understand \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w just|strong="H6664"\w* [DOU] \add to do\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \add you will know\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w* \w way|strong="H4941"\w* \w to|strong="H2896"\w* conduct \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H3605"\w*,   
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\v 10 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* inner \w being|strong="H5315"\w*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2451"\w* knowing \add what God wants you to know\add* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* cause \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* joyful.   
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\v 11 If \w you|strong="H5921"\w* know [PRS] how \w to|strong="H5921"\w* choose \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H4209"\w* right \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H8104"\w*  
\q1 \w and|strong="H8104"\w* if \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w understand|strong="H8394"\w* \add what God wants\add* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H8104"\w*,  
\q2 God \w will|strong="H8394"\w* \w protect|strong="H8104"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H8104"\w* \w guard|strong="H8104"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H8104"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* safe.   
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\v 12 If \w you|strong="H1696"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* wise [PRS], \w you|strong="H1696"\w* \w will|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w people|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w you|strong="H1696"\w* \w will|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H1696"\w* \add believe what\add* deceitful \w people|strong="H1696"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*.   
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\v 13 Deceitful \w people|strong="H5800"\w* \w have|strong="H5800"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5800"\w* acting fairly/\w justly|strong="H3476"\w* \add toward others\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3212"\w* ◄\w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w dark|strong="H2822"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* evil \w paths|strong="H1870"\w*/\w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w what|strong="H3476"\w* evil \w people|strong="H5800"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w*► [MET].   
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\v 14 \w They|strong="H6213"\w* enjoy \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w is|strong="H7451"\w* \w wrong|strong="H7451"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w like|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w is|strong="H7451"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* deceive \add people\add*.   
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\v 15 They ◄walk on \w crooked|strong="H6141"\w* \w paths|strong="H4570"\w*/always deceive others►  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6141"\w* \w are|strong="H4570"\w* always dishonest.   
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\v 16 If \w you|strong="H2114"\w* \w are|strong="H2114"\w* wise [PRS], \w you|strong="H2114"\w* \w will|strong="H2114"\w* \add also\add* \w be|strong="H2114"\w* \w saved|strong="H5337"\w* \w from|strong="H5337"\w* ◄immoral \w women|strong="H2114"\w*/prostitutes►;  
\q2 \w you|strong="H2114"\w* \w will|strong="H2114"\w* not pay attention when \w adulterous|strong="H5237"\w* \w women|strong="H2114"\w* try \w to|strong="H2505"\w* ◄seduce/entice \w you|strong="H2114"\w* \w by|strong="H2505"\w* what they say.►   
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\v 17 Those women \w have|strong="H5800"\w* \w left|strong="H5800"\w* \w the|strong="H5800"\w* husbands whom \w they|strong="H1285"\w* married when \w they|strong="H1285"\w* \w were|strong="H1285"\w* young;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H1285"\w* \w have|strong="H5800"\w* disregarded \w the|strong="H5800"\w* solemn \w promise|strong="H1285"\w* \w they|strong="H1285"\w* made \w to|strong="H1285"\w* God \add not to commit adultery\add*.   
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\v 18 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* go into \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* women \w who|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w* \add when you are still young\add*;  
\q2 \w the|strong="H3588"\w* road \add to their houses\add* leads \w to|strong="H1004"\w* hell.   
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\v 19 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* ◄visits/sleeps \w with|strong="H7725"\w*► \w a|strong="H3068"\w* woman \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \add live harmoniously with his family\add*.  
\q2 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add happy\add* \w life|strong="H2416"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.   
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\v 20 If \add you are wise\add*, \w you|strong="H8104"\w* \w should|strong="H8104"\w* behave \w like|strong="H1870"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w men|strong="H6662"\w* behave.  
\q2 \w You|strong="H8104"\w* \w should|strong="H8104"\w* ◄stay \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w paths|strong="H1870"\w* \w that|strong="H4616"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add* \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w*/\w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w godly|strong="H6662"\w* people \w do|strong="H1870"\w*► [MET],   
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\v 21 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w godly|strong="H3477"\w* people \w will|strong="H3477"\w* \w live|strong="H7931"\w* \w in|strong="H7931"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* land \add and receive God’s blessings\add*;  
\q2 \add only\add* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* done wrong \w will|strong="H3477"\w* \w stay|strong="H7931"\w* here \add for a long time\add*.   
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\v 22 \w Wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* \w will|strong="H7563"\w* \w be|strong="H7563"\w* expelled \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w this|strong="H3772"\w* land,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* \w who|strong="H7563"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w not|strong="H4480"\w* trustworthy \w will|strong="H7563"\w* \w be|strong="H7563"\w* thrown {God \w will|strong="H7563"\w* throw \w them|strong="H4480"\w*} \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w it|strong="H3772"\w*.   
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\s1 More advice to Solomon’s son  
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\v 1 \w My|strong="H7911"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, do \w not|strong="H1121"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w what|strong="H4687"\w* \w I|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* taught \w you|strong="H3820"\w*.  
\q1 \w Keep|strong="H5341"\w* \w my|strong="H7911"\w* \w commands|strong="H4687"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H7911"\w* inner \w being|strong="H1121"\w*,   
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\v 2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \add if you obey them\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* things \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w go|strong="H3254"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*   
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\v 3 Always \w faithfully|strong="H2617"\w* \w love|strong="H2617"\w* others \w and|strong="H2617"\w* ◄\w be|strong="H3820"\w* \w faithful|strong="H2617"\w*/do \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* say \w that|strong="H3820"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* do►;  
\q2 doing \w those|strong="H5921"\w* things \add will cause others to be pleased with you\add*;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* \w as|strong="H2617"\w* though \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H3820"\w* wearing \w a|strong="H3068"\w* beautiful necklace.  
\q2 Keep \w those|strong="H5921"\w* things \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w mind|strong="H3820"\w*/inner being.   
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\v 4 If \w you|strong="H4672"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w*, God \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* approve \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H4672"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w think|strong="H5869"\w* highly \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H4672"\w* [MTY].   
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\v 5 \w Trust|strong="H8172"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* not \w rely|strong="H8172"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* what \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w yourself|strong="H3820"\w* understand.   
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\v 6 \w Always|strong="H3605"\w* allow \w him|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* lead \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\q2 \w If|strong="H1931"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H1931"\w* ◄\w show|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w right|strong="H3474"\w* \w path|strong="H1870"\w*/\w direct|strong="H3474"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H3605"\w*►.   
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\v 7 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w proud|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w being|strong="H1961"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*.  
\q2 \add Instead\add*, \w revere|strong="H3372"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H1961"\w* do \w that|strong="H1961"\w*, \w your|strong="H1961"\w* \w body|strong="H6106"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* healthy/strong;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \add like\add* medicine \w for|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H1961"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Honor|strong="H3513"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \add what you do with\add* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* money;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add by giving him\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w first|strong="H7225"\w* \w part|strong="H7225"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w harvest|strong="H8393"\w*.   
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\v 10 If you do that, \add you will have a good harvest\add*.  
\q2 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3342"\w* \w fill|strong="H4390"\w* \w your|strong="H4390"\w* barns \add with grain\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8492"\w* \w your|strong="H4390"\w* \w vats|strong="H3342"\w*/containers \w will|strong="H3342"\w* be \w overflowing|strong="H4390"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \add grape juice for making\add* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w disciplines|strong="H4148"\w*/corrects \w you|strong="H8433"\w*, \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3988"\w* \w despise|strong="H3988"\w* \w it|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w if|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebukes|strong="H8433"\w* \w you|strong="H8433"\w*, \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3988"\w* resent \w it|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 12  \add I say that\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* loves \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w corrects|strong="H3198"\w*/\w reproves|strong="H3198"\w*,  
\q2 \add just\add* \w like|strong="H1121"\w* parents \w correct|strong="H3198"\w*/\w reprove|strong="H3198"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* love.   
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\v 13  \add Yahweh\add* \w is|strong="H2451"\w* pleased \w with|strong="H4672"\w* those \w who|strong="H4672"\w* become \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* \w and|strong="H2451"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* good \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w*.   
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\v 14 Being wise \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w having|strong="H3588"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* understanding \w is|strong="H2896"\w* worth \w more|strong="H3588"\w* \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*,  
\q2 \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w gold|strong="H2742"\w*.   
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\v 15 Being wise \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w precious|strong="H3368"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* ◄\w jewels|strong="H6443"\w*/\w precious|strong="H3368"\w* stones►;  
\q2 \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* could \w desire|strong="H2656"\w* \add that would be as valuable\add* \w as|strong="H3605"\w* wisdom.   
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\v 16 \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w one|strong="H3225"\w* \w hand|strong="H3225"\w*, wisdom [PRS] enables \add you\add* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w life|strong="H3117"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* other \w hand|strong="H3225"\w*, wisdom enables \add you\add* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w become|strong="H3519"\w* \w rich|strong="H6239"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w honored|strong="H3519"\w*.   
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\v 17 If \add you\add* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* wise, \add your\add* \w life|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1870"\w* \w be|strong="H1870"\w* \w pleasant|strong="H5278"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1870"\w* go \w well|strong="H7965"\w* \add for you\add*.   
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\v 18 Wisdom \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* gives long \w life|strong="H2416"\w* \w to|strong="H6086"\w* \w those|strong="H2388"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \add eagerly\add* \w take|strong="H2388"\w* \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* \w of|strong="H6086"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \add Yahweh\add* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* pleased \w with|strong="H6086"\w* \w those|strong="H2388"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* onto \w it|strong="H1931"\w* tightly.   
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\v 19 \w By|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* created \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H3068"\w* everything \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* skies.   
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\v 20 \w By|strong="H7834"\w* \w his|strong="H1847"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* \add he caused\add* \w the|strong="H1234"\w* water \w that|strong="H8415"\w* was beneath \w the|strong="H1234"\w* earth \w to|strong="H1847"\w* \w burst|strong="H1234"\w* \w forth|strong="H1234"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1847"\w* he caused \w rain|strong="H7491"\w* \w to|strong="H1847"\w* fall \w from|strong="H7834"\w* \w the|strong="H1234"\w* \w clouds|strong="H7834"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w My|strong="H5341"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \add always\add* \w keep|strong="H5341"\w* doing \w things|strong="H5341"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w right|strong="H5869"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w things|strong="H5341"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* smart.  
\q2 \w If|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H5869"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w*,   
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\v 22 \w you|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \add many years\add* \w and|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* honored \w and|strong="H5315"\w* respected {\w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* honor \w and|strong="H5315"\w* respect \w you|strong="H5315"\w*}.   
\q1
\v 23 If \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w what|strong="H1870"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* right \w and|strong="H3212"\w* wise, \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \add be able to\add* \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* safely,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* ◄\w stumble|strong="H5062"\w*/\w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* wrong► [MET].   
\q1
\v 24 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \add be able to\add* \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \add at night\add* \w and|strong="H7901"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w afraid|strong="H6342"\w* \add of anything\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7901"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w sleep|strong="H8142"\w* peacefully.   
\q1
\v 25 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H7563"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H7563"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* something disastrous \w will|strong="H7563"\w* happen \w to|strong="H3372"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*  
\q2 \w or|strong="H3372"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* storms \w that|strong="H3588"\w* strike \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w will|strong="H7563"\w* strike \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,   
\q1
\v 26 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* confident \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add will take care of you\add*.  
\q2 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w let|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w caught|strong="H3921"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* trap/snare.   
\b  
\q1
\v 27 \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w able|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w help|strong="H1961"\w* people \w who|strong="H2896"\w* deserve \w it|strong="H6213"\w*,  
\q2 \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w refuse|strong="H4513"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w help|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w*.   
\q1
\v 28 \w If|strong="H3426"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H3426"\w* able \w to|strong="H7725"\w* help \w someone|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* interact \w with|strong="H3212"\w*,  
\q2 \w do|strong="H3426"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w say|strong="H7725"\w*, “\w Come|strong="H3212"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w later|strong="H4279"\w*;  
\q2 \add perhaps\add* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w can|strong="H3426"\w* help \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w*.”   
\b  
\q1
\v 29 \w Do|strong="H2790"\w* \w not|strong="H7451"\w* \w make|strong="H3427"\w* plans \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w harm|strong="H7451"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* interact \w with|strong="H5921"\w* regularly,  
\q2 \add because\add* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* trust \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 30 If someone \w has|strong="H5973"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* harmed \w you|strong="H5973"\w*,  
\q2 \w do|strong="H1580"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w accuse|strong="H7378"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \add by saying that he has harmed you\add*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 31 \w Do|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H1870"\w* \w envy|strong="H7065"\w* people \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \add obtain things by\add* \w violent|strong="H2555"\w* \w actions|strong="H1870"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H1870"\w* imitate/\w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w what|strong="H1870"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w*.   
\q1
\v 32  \add I say that\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* considers such people \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w abominable|strong="H8441"\w*/\w detestable|strong="H8441"\w*;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* friend \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add all\add* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 33 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w curses|strong="H3994"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w families|strong="H1004"\w* [MTY] \w of|strong="H1004"\w* those \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7563"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w blesses|strong="H1288"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w families|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* those \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* good/\w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*.   
\q1
\v 34 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w makes|strong="H5414"\w* fun \w of|strong="H1931"\w* \w those|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* fun \add of others\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1931"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* kindly helps \w those|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H6041"\w* \w humble|strong="H6041"\w*.   
\q1
\v 35 \w Wise|strong="H2450"\w* \add people\add* \w will|strong="H2450"\w* \w be|strong="H7311"\w* \w honored|strong="H3519"\w* {people \w will|strong="H2450"\w* \w honor|strong="H3519"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* people},  
\q2 but \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* people \w will|strong="H2450"\w* \w be|strong="H7311"\w* dishonored/disgraced.   
\c 4  
\s1 Advice to young people  
\q1
\v 1 \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* am teaching \w you|strong="H3045"\w*.  
\q2 \w If|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w pay|strong="H7181"\w* \w attention|strong="H7181"\w*, \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w understand|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* wise.   
\q1
\v 2 \w What|strong="H2896"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w teaching|strong="H8451"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H5414"\w* do \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w turn|strong="H5414"\w* \w away|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w young|strong="H1121"\w* boy, loved \w by|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* mother,   
\q1
\v 4 \w my|strong="H8104"\w* father \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w me|strong="H8104"\w*, “Remember \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*;  
\q1 if \w you|strong="H3384"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*,  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3384"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \add a long time\add*.   
\q1
\v 5 Obtain \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w and|strong="H2451"\w* understanding,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2451"\w* ◄do \w not|strong="H5186"\w* abandon/hold fast \w to|strong="H6310"\w*► [LIT] \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w I|strong="H2451"\w* have taught \w you|strong="H5186"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6 \w Do|strong="H8104"\w* not turn away \w from|strong="H8104"\w* wisdom,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H5800"\w* if \w you|strong="H5800"\w* are wise, \w you|strong="H5800"\w* \w will|strong="H5800"\w* be \w protected|strong="H8104"\w* \add from all evil/danger\add*.  
\q1 If \w you|strong="H5800"\w* love wisdom, wisdom [PRS] \w will|strong="H5800"\w* \w guard|strong="H8104"\w* \w you|strong="H5800"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* most important \w thing|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* can \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3605"\w* \w get|strong="H7069"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*.  
\q2 Even if \w you|strong="H3605"\w* obtain many \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H3605"\w* best \w thing|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3605"\w* know what \w things|strong="H3605"\w* are \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* consider being wise \w to|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H7311"\w* very valuable,  
\q2 \add people\add* \w will|strong="H3588"\w* think very highly \w of|strong="H7311"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\q1 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* cling \w to|strong="H3588"\w* wisdom \add like you would cling to a woman you love\add*,  
\q2 \add many people\add* \w will|strong="H3588"\w* \w honor|strong="H3513"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9 If \w you|strong="H5414"\w* become wise, \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H8597"\w* \w wreath|strong="H3880"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H7218"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* {\w someone|strong="H5414"\w* \w puts|strong="H5414"\w*} \w on|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* king’s \w glorious|strong="H8597"\w* \w crown|strong="H5850"\w*.”  
\q3 \add That is what my father told me\add*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 10  \add So now I say\add*, “\w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w heed|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* say.  
\q2 \w If|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w do|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w*, \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add good\add* \w long|strong="H7235"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11 \w I|strong="H1870"\w* am \w teaching|strong="H3384"\w* \w you|strong="H3384"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w live|strong="H1870"\w* \w wisely|strong="H2451"\w*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H1870"\w* am showing \w you|strong="H3384"\w* \w how|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* act \w justly|strong="H3476"\w* \add toward others\add*.   
\q1
\v 12 If \w you|strong="H3808"\w* live wisely,  
\q2 when \w you|strong="H3808"\w* decide \w to|strong="H3212"\w* do something, \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* succeed [LIT].   
\q1
\v 13 \w Hold|strong="H2388"\w* \w fast|strong="H2388"\w* \w to|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w things|strong="H5341"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* taught \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H2388"\w* do,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2388"\w* do \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w let|strong="H7503"\w* \w them|strong="H2388"\w* \w go|strong="H7503"\w*.  
\q1 \w Guard|strong="H5341"\w* \w them|strong="H2388"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \add will be the source of a good\add* \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14 \w Do|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H1870"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H7451"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w*;  
\q1 \add do not behave like they do\add*;  
\q2 \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H1870"\w* even \w walk|strong="H1870"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w roads|strong="H1870"\w* \w that|strong="H7451"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \add people\add* \w walk|strong="H1870"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* [MET].   
\q1
\v 15 Stay \w away|strong="H5674"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* roads;  
\q2 \w turn|strong="H7847"\w* \w aside|strong="H7847"\w* \w and|strong="H5674"\w* \w walk|strong="H5674"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* other roads;   
\q1
\v 16 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w evil|strong="H7489"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w sleep|strong="H8142"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w done|strong="H7489"\w* some \w evil|strong="H7489"\w* \w deed|strong="H7489"\w* \add on that day\add*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* rest \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* harmed someone.   
\q1
\v 17 \w What|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w eat|strong="H3898"\w* \w and|strong="H3899"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w are|strong="H2555"\w* things \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* obtained \w by|strong="H3588"\w* acting wickedly \w and|strong="H3899"\w* violently.”   
\b  
\q1
\v 18 \w The|strong="H3117"\w* \w behavior|strong="H1980"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* good/\w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w like|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w light|strong="H5051"\w* \add that begins to shine\add* \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w dawn|strong="H5051"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w then|strong="H1980"\w* \add continues to\add* shine \w brighter|strong="H1980"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* brightest \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19  \add But\add* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w behavior|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* deep/thick darkness.  
\q2 \add Because it is very dark\add*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* cause \w them|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 20 \w My|strong="H5186"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w pay|strong="H7181"\w* \w attention|strong="H7181"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* am \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\q2 \w Listen|strong="H7181"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w my|strong="H5186"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* carefully.   
\q1
\v 21 \w Keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w them|strong="H8432"\w* \w close|strong="H3824"\w* \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w you|strong="H8432"\w*;  
\q1 \w let|strong="H3868"\w* \w them|strong="H8432"\w* penetrate \w your|strong="H8104"\w* inner \w being|strong="H8104"\w*,   
\q2
\v 22 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1320"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* [PRS] \add a good\add* \w life|strong="H2416"\w* \w and|strong="H1320"\w* \add good\add* \w health|strong="H4832"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add search for them and\add* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.   
\q1
\v 23 \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* very important \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* careful \w about|strong="H4480"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w think|strong="H3820"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w think|strong="H3820"\w* \w controls|strong="H3820"\w* [MET] \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w*.   
\q1
\v 24 \w Do|strong="H5493"\w* \w not|strong="H4480"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* \w anything|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H4480"\w* deceives \add others\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6310"\w* never \w say|strong="H6310"\w* \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w is|strong="H6310"\w* \w not|strong="H4480"\w* true.   
\q1
\v 25 Keep looking \w straight|strong="H3474"\w* \w ahead|strong="H5048"\w* toward \w the|strong="H5048"\w* events \w that|strong="H5869"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w before|strong="H5048"\w* \w you|strong="H5869"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H5869"\w* turn aside.   
\q1
\v 26 Plan \w carefully|strong="H3605"\w* where \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H7272"\w* \w go|strong="H7272"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w what|strong="H3559"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H7272"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w then|strong="H3605"\w* stay \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w*.  
\q1 \w Then|strong="H3605"\w* \w what|strong="H3559"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w will|strong="H7272"\w* \w be|strong="H1870"\w* \w right|strong="H3559"\w*.   
\q1
\v 27 \w Do|strong="H5493"\w* \w not|strong="H7451"\w* \w leave|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* straight road \w by|strong="H7451"\w* \w turning|strong="H5493"\w* \w to|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w left|strong="H8040"\w* \w or|strong="H3225"\w* \w to|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w*.  
\q1 \add Do only what is right\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7272"\w* \w keep|strong="H5493"\w* \w yourself|strong="H7272"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \add doing what is\add* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.   
\c 5  
\b  
\s1 A warning about adultery  
\q1
\v 1 \w My|strong="H5186"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w listen|strong="H7181"\w* carefully \w to|strong="H1121"\w* some \add more\add* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* things \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* tell \w you|strong="H5186"\w*.  
\q2 \w Listen|strong="H7181"\w* \w well|strong="H7181"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* what \w I|strong="H1121"\w* am going \w to|strong="H1121"\w* teach \w you|strong="H5186"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2 If \w you|strong="H8104"\w* \w do|strong="H8104"\w* \w that|strong="H8193"\w*, \w you|strong="H8104"\w* \w will|strong="H8193"\w* \w be|strong="H8193"\w* able \w to|strong="H8104"\w* choose wisely \add what to do\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8104"\w* \w you|strong="H8104"\w* \w will|strong="H8193"\w* \w know|strong="H1847"\w* \add the right things\add* \w to|strong="H8104"\w* say [MTY].   
\q1
\v 3 \w What|strong="H3588"\w* \w an|strong="H3588"\w* immoral \w woman|strong="H2114"\w* says \add to you may be\add* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w sweet|strong="H5197"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w honey|strong="H5317"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8081"\w* \w sound|strong="H2441"\w* \w smoother|strong="H2509"\w* \w than|strong="H3588"\w* \w olive|strong="H8081"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \add feels on your skin\add*,   
\q1
\v 4 but \w the|strong="H6310"\w* result \add of being with her\add* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w be|strong="H2719"\w* \w bitter|strong="H4751"\w* like gall  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \add injure you as badly\add*, like being cut \w with|strong="H6310"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sharp|strong="H2299"\w* \w two-edged|strong="H6310"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5 If \w you|strong="H3381"\w* \w go|strong="H3381"\w* where she \w goes|strong="H3381"\w* [MTY], \w you|strong="H3381"\w* \w will|strong="H7272"\w* \w go|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* where \w the|strong="H3381"\w* \w dead|strong="H4194"\w* \w people|strong="H4194"\w* \w are|strong="H7272"\w*.  
\q2 \w Her|strong="H3381"\w* \w steps|strong="H6806"\w* \w will|strong="H7272"\w* lead \w you|strong="H3381"\w* straight \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3381"\w* \w grave|strong="H7585"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6 \w She|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w concerned|strong="H3045"\w* \w about|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* roads \w that|strong="H3045"\w* lead \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add long\add* \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.  
\q1 \w She|strong="H3808"\w* walks \add down\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* crooked \w path|strong="H4570"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w she|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w realize|strong="H3045"\w* \add that she is on the wrong road\add*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 7 \w So|strong="H6258"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H5493"\w*.  
\q1 ◄Never \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w*/always remember► [LIT] \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w I|strong="H6258"\w* am \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w tell|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H6310"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8 Run \w away|strong="H7368"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* immoral women!  
\q2 \w Do|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H1870"\w* \w go|strong="H7126"\w* \w near|strong="H7126"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w doors|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*!   
\q1
\v 9 \w If|strong="H6435"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* enter \w the|strong="H5414"\w* home \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w one|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* lose \w your|strong="H5414"\w* ◄self-respect/good reputation►  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8141"\w* \add that woman’s husband\add* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* act mercifully toward \w you|strong="H5414"\w*;  
\q1 \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \add kill you and\add* \w take|strong="H5414"\w* everything \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* acquired during \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w life|strong="H8141"\w*!   
\q1
\v 10 \w Foreigners|strong="H2114"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* take \w your|strong="H7646"\w* money,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \add all\add* \w the|strong="H1004"\w* good \w things|strong="H2114"\w* \w that|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H6435"\w* \w have|strong="H7646"\w* worked \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* ◄end up \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H7646"\w* hands/\w become|strong="H7646"\w* \w their|strong="H7646"\w* possessions►.   
\q1
\v 11 \w And|strong="H1320"\w* \w when|strong="H3615"\w* \w you|strong="H3615"\w* \w are|strong="H7607"\w* about \w to|strong="H1320"\w* die,  
\q1 \w you|strong="H3615"\w* \w will|strong="H1320"\w* \w groan|strong="H5098"\w* \add with severe pain\add*  
\q2 because diseases \add that you have gotten from being immoral\add* \w will|strong="H1320"\w* \w be|strong="H1320"\w* destroying \w your|strong="H3615"\w* \w body|strong="H1320"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12 Then \w you|strong="H8130"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* say, “\w I|strong="H3820"\w* \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* \w it|strong="H3820"\w* \add when people tried to\add* correct \w me|strong="H8130"\w*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3820"\w* \w despised|strong="H5006"\w* \add people when they\add* \w reproved|strong="H8433"\w*/rebuked \w me|strong="H8130"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w heed|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w teachers|strong="H3384"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w*!  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w paid|strong="H8085"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w those|strong="H8085"\w* \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \add tried to\add* \w teach|strong="H3925"\w* \w me|strong="H6963"\w* \add something about my behavior\add*.   
\q1
\v 14  \add Now\add* \w I|strong="H3605"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w almost|strong="H4592"\w* ruined,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7451"\w* \w I|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* disgraced \w in|strong="H8432"\w* public gatherings.”   
\b  
\q1
\v 15 Like \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man \w is|strong="H4325"\w* refreshed \w by|strong="H4325"\w* \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w from|strong="H8432"\w* \w his|strong="H8432"\w* own well [MET],  
\q2 enjoy \add having sex\add* [EUP] only \w with|strong="H4325"\w* \w your|strong="H8354"\w* own wife.   
\q1
\v 16 Like \w you|strong="H4325"\w* would \w not|strong="H4325"\w* waste good \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w by|strong="H4325"\w* pouring \w it|strong="H4325"\w* \w into|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H2351"\w* \w street|strong="H2351"\w*,  
\q2 \add you should not have sex with other women\add*. [MET, EUP]   
\q1
\v 17 Enjoy \add having sex\add* only \w with|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* wife;  
\q2 do \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \add have sex with\add* \w other|strong="H2114"\w* \w women|strong="H2114"\w*.   
\q1
\v 18 \w Let|strong="H8055"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* wife \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* source \w of|strong="H4726"\w* great \w pleasure|strong="H8055"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w*.  
\q1 ◄\w Be|strong="H1961"\w* \w happy|strong="H8055"\w*/\add Enjoy sex\add*► \w with|strong="H8055"\w* \w the|strong="H1288"\w* woman whom \w you|strong="H1288"\w* married \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* both young.   
\q1
\v 19 \w She|strong="H6256"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H3605"\w* pretty \w and|strong="H6256"\w* \w graceful|strong="H2580"\w* \add as\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* young female \w deer|strong="H3280"\w*.  
\q2 Allow \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w breasts|strong="H1717"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* \w satisfy|strong="H7301"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\q2 Allow \w her|strong="H3605"\w* lovemaking \w to|strong="H6256"\w* excite \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20 \w My|strong="H4100"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* [RHQ] captivated/charmed \w by|strong="H1121"\w* an immoral \w woman|strong="H5237"\w*!  
\q2 \w Do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H1121"\w* fondle \w the|strong="H1121"\w* breasts \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w another|strong="H2114"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w*’s wife!   
\b  
\q1
\v 21  \add I say that\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* sees clearly \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3588"\w* knows \add where we are going on\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w roads|strong="H1870"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w walk|strong="H1870"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22 \w Evil|strong="H7563"\w* \w men|strong="H7563"\w*’s \w sinful|strong="H2403"\w* desires \w hold|strong="H8551"\w* them \w fast|strong="H8551"\w*;  
\q2 \w their|strong="H7563"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \add like\add* \w ropes|strong="H2256"\w* \w that|strong="H7563"\w* bind them.   
\q1
\v 23 Evil \w men|strong="H7686"\w* \add will\add* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w because|strong="H7230"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* are unable \w to|strong="H4191"\w* say “No” \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w their|strong="H4191"\w* desires;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \add will\add* ◄\w go|strong="H7686"\w* \w astray|strong="H7686"\w*/\w be|strong="H4191"\w* lost► \w because|strong="H7230"\w* \w of|strong="H7230"\w* \w the|strong="H4191"\w* foolish \w things|strong="H7230"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* do.   
\c 6  
\s1 Warnings against foolish behavior  
\q1
\v 1 My \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w if|strong="H1121"\w* someone \w has|strong="H1121"\w* borrowed money \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w friend|strong="H7453"\w* \w or|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w stranger|strong="H2114"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w if|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H2114"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* promised \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H2114"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* pay \w the|strong="H8628"\w* money back \w if|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* person \w is|strong="H1121"\w* unable \w to|strong="H1121"\w* pay back \w the|strong="H8628"\w* money \w he|strong="H1121"\w* borrowed,   
\q1
\v 2 \w you|strong="H6310"\w* \w may|strong="H6310"\w* \w be|strong="H6310"\w* trapped \w by|strong="H3920"\w* \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w you|strong="H6310"\w* have agreed \w to|strong="H6310"\w* do,  
\q2 \add because if the one who borrowed the money is not able to pay it back, you will have to pay it\add*.  
\q2 \w What|strong="H6310"\w* \w you|strong="H6310"\w* have \w said|strong="H6310"\w* \w that|strong="H6310"\w* \w you|strong="H6310"\w* \w will|strong="H6310"\w* do \w will|strong="H6310"\w* \w be|strong="H6310"\w* like \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w snare|strong="H3369"\w* \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \w you|strong="H6310"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3 \w So|strong="H6213"\w*, \w my|strong="H5337"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* tell \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w escape|strong="H5337"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* difficulty,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* moneylender \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w get|strong="H3212"\w* control \w over|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \add wealth:\add*  
\q1 Humbly \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \w friend|strong="H7453"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* plead \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w* \add to cancel the agreement\add*!   
\q1
\v 4 \w Do|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* wait until tomorrow; \add go immediately\add*!  
\q2 \w Do|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* rest until \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \add go and talk with him\add*.   
\q1
\v 5 \w Save|strong="H5337"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5337"\w*,  
\q2 like \w a|strong="H3068"\w* deer \w that|strong="H3027"\w* escapes \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* deer hunter  
\q2 \add or\add* like \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bird|strong="H6833"\w* \w that|strong="H3027"\w* flees \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bird|strong="H6833"\w* hunter.   
\b  
\q1
\v 6 \w You|strong="H7200"\w* \w lazy|strong="H6102"\w* individual, learn something \w from|strong="H3212"\w* \add watching\add* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w ants|strong="H5244"\w*.  
\q2 \w Become|strong="H7200"\w* \w wise|strong="H2449"\w* \w from|strong="H3212"\w* \w observing|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H7200"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7 They do not \w have|strong="H4910"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* king \w or|strong="H7860"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w governor|strong="H4910"\w* \w or|strong="H7860"\w* any \add other\add* person \w who|strong="H7860"\w* \w rules|strong="H4910"\w* them \add and forces them to work\add*,   
\q1
\v 8  \add but\add* they work hard \add all\add* during \w the|strong="H3559"\w* \w summer|strong="H7019"\w*,  
\q2 \w gathering|strong="H7105"\w* \w and|strong="H3899"\w* storing \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w to|strong="H3559"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* during \w the|strong="H3559"\w* winter.   
\b  
\q1
\v 9  \add But\add*, \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w lazy|strong="H6102"\w* loafer, \w how|strong="H4970"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \add continue to\add* \w sleep|strong="H8142"\w* [RHQ]?  
\q2 Are \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w never|strong="H5704"\w* going \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w from|strong="H6965"\w* sleeping \add and go to work\add*?   
\q1
\v 10 \w You|strong="H3027"\w* \w sleep|strong="H8142"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w little|strong="H4592"\w* time; \add you say, “I will take\add* just \w a|strong="H3068"\w* short nap.”  
\q2 \w You|strong="H3027"\w* \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* fold/\w lay|strong="H7901"\w* \w your|strong="H3027"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \add across your chest\add* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w rest|strong="H7901"\w*;   
\q1
\v 11 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* suddenly \w you|strong="H1980"\w* \w will|strong="H7389"\w* \w become|strong="H1980"\w* \w poor|strong="H4270"\w*.  
\q2 \w It|strong="H1980"\w* \w will|strong="H7389"\w* \w be|strong="H1980"\w* \w as|strong="H1980"\w* though \w a|strong="H3068"\w* bandit suddenly \w comes|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* takes all \w that|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H1980"\w* \w have|strong="H1980"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 12  \add I will describe for you what\add* \w worthless|strong="H1100"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w evil|strong="H1100"\w* people \add are like\add*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H6310"\w* constantly lie;   
\q2
\v 13 \w by|strong="H5869"\w* winking \w their|strong="H7272"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w moving|strong="H7169"\w* \w their|strong="H7272"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* making signs \w with|strong="H5869"\w* \w their|strong="H7272"\w* fingers,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H7272"\w* signal \add to their friends what they are intending/planning to do\add*.   
\q1
\v 14 \w They|strong="H6256"\w* plan \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w do|strong="H2790"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H6256"\w* constantly cause \w strife|strong="H4090"\w*/\w trouble|strong="H7451"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15 \w But|strong="H3651"\w* disasters will hit \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w suddenly|strong="H6597"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3651"\w* will \w be|strong="H6621"\w* \w crushed|strong="H7665"\w*/ruined \w and|strong="H7665"\w* nothing will \w be|strong="H6621"\w* able \w to|strong="H5921"\w* heal \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\q1
\v 16 \w There|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w*, \add maybe\add* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w*, kinds \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w hates|strong="H8130"\w*. \add They are\add*:   
\q3
\v 17 \w People|strong="H1818"\w* who show \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H8210"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w they|strong="H3027"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* very \w proud|strong="H7311"\w*;  
\q3 \w people|strong="H1818"\w* who \w lie|strong="H8267"\w* [MTY];  
\q3 \w people|strong="H1818"\w* [SYN] who \w kill|strong="H8210"\w* others [SYN] who \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w done|strong="H3027"\w* nothing wrong;   
\q3
\v 18 \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w who|strong="H7323"\w* \w plan|strong="H4284"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w do|strong="H2790"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* deeds;  
\q3 \w people|strong="H3820"\w* [SYN] \w who|strong="H7323"\w* \w run|strong="H7323"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4116"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w do|strong="H2790"\w* \w wrong|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w*;   
\q3
\v 19 people \w who|strong="H5707"\w* easily tell \w lies|strong="H3577"\w* \w in|strong="H7971"\w* court;  
\q3 \w and|strong="H7971"\w* people \w who|strong="H5707"\w* \w cause|strong="H8267"\w* \w strife|strong="H4090"\w* between family members.   
\s1 More warnings about adultery  
\q1
\v 20 \w My|strong="H5341"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w obey|strong="H8451"\w* \w my|strong="H5341"\w* \w commands|strong="H4687"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* do \w not|strong="H1121"\w* ignore \w what|strong="H4687"\w* \w your|strong="H5341"\w* mother \w has|strong="H1121"\w* taught \w you|strong="H5203"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21 Remember \w the|strong="H5921"\w* things \w that|strong="H3820"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H5921"\w* said.  
\q2 \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* things should \w be|strong="H3820"\w* \add like a beautiful necklace\add* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w neck|strong="H1621"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22  \add If you follow our advice, it will be as though\add* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H5921"\w* taught \w you|strong="H5921"\w* [PRS] \w will|strong="H1931"\w* \w lead|strong="H5148"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, \w wherever|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w*.  
\q2 \w When|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w sleep|strong="H7901"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1931"\w* \w protect|strong="H8104"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q2 \w And|strong="H1980"\w* \w when|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w wake|strong="H6974"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* morning, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1931"\w* teach/instruct \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 23 These \w commands|strong="H4687"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* teach \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add will be like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lamp|strong="H5216"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w light|strong="H5216"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w path|strong="H1870"\w* [MET].  
\q1 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebuke|strong="H8433"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* correct/punish \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q2 \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5216"\w* \w be|strong="H1870"\w* showing \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w having|strong="H3588"\w* \add a good\add* \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.   
\q1
\v 24 Heeding [PRS] \w these|strong="H8104"\w* commands \w and|strong="H8104"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H7451"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H7451"\w* taught \w you|strong="H8104"\w* \w will|strong="H3956"\w* enable \w you|strong="H8104"\w* \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w away|strong="H7451"\w* \w from|strong="H7451"\w* immoral \w women|strong="H7451"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8104"\w* \w from|strong="H7451"\w* \add listening to\add* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* enticing \w words|strong="H2513"\w* \w of|strong="H2513"\w* \w an|strong="H8104"\w* \w adulterous|strong="H5237"\w* \w woman|strong="H5237"\w*.   
\q1
\v 25  \add Even\add* if such \w a|strong="H3068"\w* woman \w is|strong="H3824"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H3308"\w* \w and|strong="H3947"\w* \w has|strong="H3947"\w* lovely eyes, do \w not|strong="H3947"\w* \w desire|strong="H2530"\w* \w to|strong="H3824"\w* go \w with|strong="H3947"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w*.  
\q2 Do \w not|strong="H3947"\w* \w let|strong="H6079"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* persuade \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H3824"\w* go \w with|strong="H3947"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* ◄\w with|strong="H3947"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* eyes/\w by|strong="H3308"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* way she looks at \w you|strong="H3947"\w*►.   
\q1
\v 26  \add Do not forget that\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* can hire \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w loaf|strong="H3603"\w* \w of|strong="H3603"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \add if you sleep with\add* another \w man|strong="H5315"\w*’s wife, ◄\w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H5315"\w* cost \w you|strong="H3588"\w*/\w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H5315"\w* lose► \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*.   
\q1
\v 27 \w Can|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* carry hot coals \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* pocket \w and|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* [RHQ]?   
\q1
\v 28 \w Can|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w burning|strong="H1980"\w* \w coals|strong="H1513"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* scorch/burn \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*?   
\q1
\v 29  \add No\add*! \w And|strong="H7453"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H3651"\w* \w way|strong="H3605"\w*, \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* ◄sleeps \w with|strong="H3651"\w*/\w has|strong="H3605"\w* sex \w with|strong="H3651"\w*► \w another|strong="H7453"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w*’s wife \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \add suffer for doing that\add*.  
\q2 \add He will certainly\add* [LIT] \w be|strong="H3808"\w* punished severely.   
\b  
\q1
\v 30 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* despise \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w thief|strong="H1590"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w steals|strong="H1589"\w* \w some|strong="H5315"\w* food \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* very \w hungry|strong="H7456"\w*.   
\q1
\v 31 \w But|strong="H7999"\w* \add if he steals something and then\add* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w caught|strong="H4672"\w* \add by the police\add*,  
\q1 \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w pay|strong="H7999"\w* \w back|strong="H7999"\w* ◄\w seven|strong="H7659"\w* \w times|strong="H7659"\w* \w as|strong="H1004"\w* \w much|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H1004"\w*/\w much|strong="H3605"\w* \w more|strong="H4672"\w* \w than|strong="H3605"\w*► \w he|strong="H3605"\w* stole.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w may|strong="H5414"\w* need \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w sell|strong="H5414"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \add to get enough money to pay it back\add*.   
\q1
\v 32  \add But\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w commits|strong="H6213"\w* \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w some|strong="H5315"\w* woman \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w very|strong="H6213"\w* foolish,  
\q2 \add because\add* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w destroying|strong="H7843"\w* \w his|strong="H6213"\w* \w own|strong="H5315"\w* self/\w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \add by what he is doing\add*.   
\q1
\v 33  \add That woman’s husband\add* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w wound|strong="H5061"\w* \w him|strong="H4672"\w* badly,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2781"\w* \add other people\add* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* despise \w him|strong="H4672"\w*.  
\q1 \w His|strong="H3808"\w* \w shame|strong="H7036"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* end.   
\q1
\v 34 \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* woman’s husband \w will|strong="H3808"\w* ◄\w be|strong="H3808"\w* jealous/\w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* \w else|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* sleep \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w her|strong="H3588"\w*►, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* become \w furious|strong="H2534"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* gets \w revenge|strong="H5359"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* act mercifully \add toward the man who slept with his wife\add*.   
\q1
\v 35 \w And|strong="H6440"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w accept|strong="H5375"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w bribe|strong="H7810"\w*/\w money|strong="H3724"\w*, \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* big \w bribe|strong="H7810"\w*, \w to|strong="H6440"\w* ◄appease \w him|strong="H6440"\w*/cause \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* being angry►.   
\c 7  
\s1 More warnings about adultery  
\q1
\v 1 \w My|strong="H8104"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w heed|strong="H8104"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* advice,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w guard|strong="H8104"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w instructions|strong="H4687"\w* \add as you would\add* [MET] \add guard\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w treasure|strong="H6845"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2 \w Obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w commands|strong="H4687"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \add as a result you will\add* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \add a good life\add*.  
\q1 \w Consider|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w things|strong="H4687"\w* \w that|strong="H5869"\w* \w I|strong="H5869"\w* teach \w you|strong="H8104"\w* \add to be very precious\add*;  
\q2 \w guard|strong="H8104"\w* \w them|strong="H8104"\w*, \add just\add* \w like|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H8104"\w* \w protect|strong="H8104"\w* \w your|strong="H8104"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3 \w Tie|strong="H7194"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* commands \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* fingers \add in order that they will remind you to obey them\add*.  
\q2 Always keep \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w mind|strong="H3820"\w* [MET].   
\q1
\v 4  \add Love\add* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \add like you love\add* \w your|strong="H7121"\w* sister.  
\q2 Understand what \w is|strong="H2451"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*,  
\q2 \add and let that be as dear to you as\add* members \w of|strong="H2451"\w* \w your|strong="H7121"\w* family.   
\q1
\v 5 If \w you|strong="H8104"\w* \w are|strong="H2114"\w* wise \w and|strong="H8104"\w* if \w you|strong="H8104"\w* understand what is wise [PRS], \w you|strong="H8104"\w* \w will|strong="H2114"\w* not \add sleep with\add* \w an|strong="H8104"\w* immoral \w woman|strong="H5237"\w*;  
\q2 \w you|strong="H8104"\w* \w will|strong="H2114"\w* not listen \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w woman|strong="H5237"\w* \w who|strong="H8104"\w* tries \w to|strong="H8104"\w* entice \w you|strong="H8104"\w* \add to sleep with her\add* \w by|strong="H2505"\w* what she says.   
\b  
\q1
\v 6 \w One|strong="H3588"\w* day, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* standing \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w window|strong="H2474"\w* \w inside|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w looked|strong="H8259"\w* outside.   
\q1
\v 7 \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* some \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w did|strong="H5288"\w* \w not|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* good \w sense|strong="H3820"\w*.  
\q2 \w Among|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w* \w was|strong="H3820"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H3820"\w* very \w foolish|strong="H6612"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8 \w He|strong="H1004"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w street|strong="H7784"\w* near \add the house of\add* \w an|strong="H5674"\w* immoral \w woman|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\q2 \w He|strong="H1004"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* walking \w along|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w path|strong="H1870"\w* \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* \w her|strong="H1870"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*   
\q1
\v 9 \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w twilight|strong="H5399"\w*, \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* getting \w dark|strong="H5399"\w* [DOU].   
\b  
\q1
\v 10 \w Suddenly|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H2181"\w* woman came out \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w see|strong="H2009"\w*/\w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w him|strong="H7125"\w*.  
\q2 \w She|strong="H3820"\w* \w was|strong="H3820"\w* \w dressed|strong="H7897"\w* ◄seductively/\w like|strong="H3820"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w*►, wanting \w to|strong="H3820"\w* persuade \w him|strong="H7125"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* sleep \w with|strong="H3820"\w* \w her|strong="H7125"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11 \w She|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w loud|strong="H1993"\w* talker, \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w rebellious|strong="H5637"\w*;  
\q2 \w she|strong="H1931"\w* [SYN] \w never|strong="H3808"\w* stayed \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12 She often went into \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* \w and|strong="H3605"\w* \w plazas|strong="H7339"\w*/markets,  
\q2 waiting \w to|strong="H3605"\w* trap \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13  \add When she saw that young man\add*, \w she|strong="H6440"\w* \w put|strong="H2388"\w* \w her|strong="H5401"\w* arms \w around|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w kissed|strong="H5401"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\q2 Then \w without|strong="H6440"\w* being \w a|strong="H3068"\w* bit ashamed, \w she|strong="H6440"\w* said,   
\q1
\v 14 “\w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \add some meat that is left over from\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w made|strong="H7999"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \add to maintain fellowship with Yahweh\add*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* fulfilled/done \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* promised \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* would \w do|strong="H7999"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15 \w And|strong="H6440"\w* \w now|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w*/see \w you|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H6440"\w* searching \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \add now\add* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*!   
\q1
\v 16 \w I|strong="H4714"\w* \w have|strong="H4714"\w* put on \w my|strong="H7234"\w* \w bed|strong="H6210"\w* sheets/bedspreads \w that|strong="H4714"\w* \w were|strong="H4714"\w* \w made|strong="H4714"\w* \w from|strong="H4714"\w* \add very fine\add* linen \add that were imported\add* {\add people brought\add*} \w from|strong="H4714"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17 \w I|strong="H4904"\w* have \w sprinkled|strong="H5130"\w* \add sweet-smelling\add* perfumes \w on|strong="H4904"\w* \w my|strong="H5130"\w* \w bed|strong="H4904"\w*—  
\q2 \w myrrh|strong="H4753"\w* \w and|strong="H4753"\w* aloes \w and|strong="H4753"\w* \w cinnamon|strong="H7076"\w*.   
\q1
\v 18 \w Come|strong="H3212"\w* \add with me\add*; \w let|strong="H3212"\w* us \w enjoy|strong="H5965"\w* having sex \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \add tomorrow\add* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*.  
\q2 \w Let|strong="H3212"\w*’s \w enjoy|strong="H5965"\w* making \w love|strong="H1730"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19 \w My|strong="H3588"\w* husband \w is|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w gone|strong="H1980"\w* \w away|strong="H1980"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H7350"\w* \w journey|strong="H1870"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* carrying \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wallet filled \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w not|strong="H3947"\w* return \w until|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* middle \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w this|strong="H3947"\w* month.”   
\b  
\q1
\v 21  \add So\add* \w she|strong="H8193"\w* persuaded \w him|strong="H5186"\w* \w by|strong="H7230"\w* \add her\add* enticing/tempting \w words|strong="H8193"\w*.  
\q2 \w She|strong="H8193"\w* allured \w him|strong="H5186"\w* \w by|strong="H7230"\w* \w her|strong="H5186"\w* smooth/sweet \w talk|strong="H8193"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22  \add And\add* \w he|strong="H1980"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w her|strong="H1980"\w* \w immediately|strong="H6597"\w*,  
\q2 \w like|strong="H1980"\w* an \w ox|strong="H7794"\w* \w that|strong="H7794"\w* \w was|strong="H7794"\w* \w going|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* where \w it|strong="H1980"\w* \w would|strong="H1980"\w* \w be|strong="H1980"\w* slaughtered,  
\q2 \w or|strong="H7794"\w* \w like|strong="H1980"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* deer (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fool) \w that|strong="H7794"\w* \w is|strong="H7794"\w* stepping \w into|strong="H1980"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* noose/trap,   
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\v 23 \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w remain|strong="H3808"\w*/stay \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w someone|strong="H5315"\w* shoots \w an|strong="H3588"\w* \w arrow|strong="H2671"\w* \w into|strong="H5704"\w* \w its|strong="H3045"\w* \w liver|strong="H3516"\w* \add and kills it\add*.  
\q1 \add He was\add* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bird|strong="H6833"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* flew \w into|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w trap|strong="H6341"\w*.  
\q2 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* ◄\w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w would|strong="H5315"\w* cost \w him|strong="H1931"\w* \w his|strong="H3045"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*/\w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w would|strong="H5315"\w* die \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result►.   
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\v 24 \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w I|strong="H6258"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w*;  
\q2 \w pay|strong="H7181"\w* \add careful\add* \w attention|strong="H7181"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w words|strong="H6310"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w Do|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H1870"\w* allow anything \w to|strong="H3820"\w* arouse/persuade \w you|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w go|strong="H8582"\w* \w with|strong="H3820"\w* an immoral woman \w like|strong="H1870"\w* \w that|strong="H1870"\w*.  
\q2 \w Do|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H1870"\w* \w go|strong="H8582"\w* where \w she|strong="H3820"\w* \w goes|strong="H7847"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w She|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w caused|strong="H5307"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3588"\w* ruined;  
\q2 \w truly|strong="H3588"\w*, \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* can count \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w The|strong="H1870"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w her|strong="H3381"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w grave|strong="H7585"\w*.  
\q2 Those who enter \w her|strong="H3381"\w* \w bedroom|strong="H2315"\w* [PRS] \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w* \w as|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result.   
\c 8  
\s1 Wisdom calls to us  
\q1
\v 1 \w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H2451"\w* \w as|strong="H7121"\w* if \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, \w with|strong="H6963"\w* great \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w* \add of many things\add*, \w is|strong="H2451"\w* \w calling|strong="H7121"\w* [PRS] \w out|strong="H5414"\w* \add to people\add*.   
\q1
\v 2 Wisdom \w stands|strong="H5324"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* hilltops \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* crossroads.   
\q1
\v 3  \add Wisdom also stands\add* \w at|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w city|strong="H7176"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w shouts|strong="H7442"\w* loudly,   
\q1
\v 4 “\w I|strong="H1121"\w* am \w calling|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* everyone!  
\q2 \w I|strong="H1121"\w* am \w shouting|strong="H6963"\w* \w loudly|strong="H6963"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H7121"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w*!   
\q1
\v 5 \w You|strong="H3820"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w who|strong="H3684"\w* do not know how \w to|strong="H3820"\w* do things \w that|strong="H3820"\w* \w are|strong="H3820"\w* smart \w to|strong="H3820"\w* do, get sound judgment;  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3820"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w*, get good \w understanding|strong="H3820"\w*!   
\q1
\v 6 \w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H8193"\w* some excellent/important \w things|strong="H4339"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*.  
\q2 \w What|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w is|strong="H1696"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w is|strong="H1696"\w* \w fair|strong="H1696"\w*/\w right|strong="H4339"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w speak|strong="H1897"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H8441"\w* true;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* detest speaking [MTY] \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H8441"\w* false/deceptive.   
\q1
\v 8 \w Everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3605"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w honest|strong="H6664"\w*;  
\q2 \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3605"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* deceives \add people\add*.   
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\v 9 \w My|strong="H3605"\w* words \w are|strong="H3477"\w* \w clear|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H4672"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* good sense;  
\q2 \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3477"\w* wise \w know|strong="H1847"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w I|strong="H4672"\w* say \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10  \add If someone offers you the kind of teaching I give\add* \w or|strong="H3701"\w* offers \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*,  
\q2 \w choose|strong="H3947"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* teaching.  
\q1 \add If he offers to show you how to be wise\add* \w or|strong="H3701"\w* offers \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w gold|strong="H2742"\w*,  
\q2 \w choose|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H3701"\w* \w know|strong="H1847"\w* how \w to|strong="H3701"\w* \w be|strong="H3701"\w* wise,   
\q2
\v 11 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* valuable \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w jewels|strong="H6443"\w*.  
\q2 \w Nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w desire|strong="H2656"\w* \add is as valuable\add* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* being \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*.   
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\q1
\v 12 \w I|strong="H4672"\w*, \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, \w and|strong="H2451"\w* understanding \w of|strong="H2451"\w* \w what|strong="H1847"\w* \w is|strong="H2451"\w* smart \w to|strong="H4672"\w* do, cannot \w be|strong="H2451"\w* separated.  
\q2 \w We|strong="H4672"\w* are \w like|strong="H4672"\w* two people \w who|strong="H4672"\w* \w live|strong="H7931"\w* \w in|strong="H7931"\w* \w the|strong="H4672"\w* same house.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H4672"\w* \w know|strong="H1847"\w* how \w to|strong="H4672"\w* \w be|strong="H2451"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* \w and|strong="H2451"\w* how \w to|strong="H4672"\w* make smart decisions.   
\q1
\v 13  \add All the people\add* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* revere \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3068"\w*, wisdom, \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \add people who are\add* \w proud|strong="H1347"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add people\add* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w think|strong="H8130"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* more important \add than others\add*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \add people who \add* behave \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H8130"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* \w things|strong="H8419"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* deceive \add others\add*.   
\q1
\v 14 I give \add people\add* good \w advice|strong="H6098"\w* \w and|strong="H6098"\w* I enable them \w to|strong="H6098"\w* do things \w that|strong="H6098"\w* \w are|strong="H1369"\w* wise.  
\q2 I understand how things really \w are|strong="H1369"\w*, \w and|strong="H6098"\w* I am \w strong|strong="H1369"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15 When \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w are|strong="H4428"\w* wise, \w they|strong="H4428"\w* \w rule|strong="H4427"\w* \add well\add*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* when \w rulers|strong="H7336"\w* \w are|strong="H4428"\w* wise, \w they|strong="H4428"\w* \w make|strong="H4427"\w* laws \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w are|strong="H4428"\w* \w just|strong="H6664"\w*/fair.   
\q1
\v 16 \w Rulers|strong="H8269"\w* govern \w their|strong="H3605"\w* people \w with|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* help \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w me|strong="H3605"\w*, wisdom,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8269"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* authority \w decide|strong="H8199"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w fairly|strong="H6664"\w*/\w just|strong="H6664"\w* \w with|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* help.   
\q1
\v 17 \w I|strong="H4672"\w*, \add wisdom\add*, love \add all\add* those \w who|strong="H4672"\w* love \w me|strong="H4672"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4672"\w* \add all\add* those \w who|strong="H4672"\w* truly \w seek|strong="H7836"\w* \w me|strong="H4672"\w* \add will\add* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w me|strong="H4672"\w*.   
\q1
\v 18 \w I|strong="H6666"\w* enable \add people\add* \w to|strong="H3519"\w* \w become|strong="H3519"\w* \w rich|strong="H1952"\w* \w and|strong="H6239"\w* \w to|strong="H3519"\w* \w be|strong="H3519"\w* \w honored|strong="H3519"\w*;  
\q2 \add I enable them to have\add* \w wealth|strong="H1952"\w* that \w will|strong="H6666"\w* last \w and|strong="H6239"\w* \w to|strong="H3519"\w* \w be|strong="H3519"\w* successful.   
\q1
\v 19 \w What|strong="H2896"\w* I can give people \w is|strong="H2896"\w* more valuable \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w fine|strong="H6337"\w*/\w pure|strong="H6337"\w* \w gold|strong="H6337"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w the|strong="H2896"\w* \w best|strong="H2896"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20 \w I|strong="H1980"\w* always do \w what|strong="H4941"\w* \w is|strong="H4941"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6666"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w just|strong="H4941"\w*/fair.   
\q1
\v 21 I \w give|strong="H5157"\w* \w wealth|strong="H3426"\w* \w to|strong="H4390"\w* those \w who|strong="H3426"\w* love me;  
\q2 I \w fill|strong="H4390"\w* \w their|strong="H4390"\w* houses \w with|strong="H4390"\w* valuable things.   
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\q1
\v 22 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w created|strong="H7069"\w* \w me|strong="H7069"\w*, \add wisdom\add*, \w when|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* began \add to create the world\add*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w created|strong="H7069"\w* \w me|strong="H7069"\w* \add to do my work\add* \w before|strong="H6924"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w created|strong="H7069"\w* anything else.   
\q1
\v 23 He appointed \w me|strong="H5769"\w* \w long|strong="H5769"\w* \w ago|strong="H5769"\w*, \w before|strong="H6924"\w* he created \w the|strong="H7218"\w* earth.   
\q1
\v 24 \w I|strong="H3513"\w* \w was|strong="H4325"\w* \w born|strong="H2342"\w* before \w the|strong="H3513"\w* \w oceans|strong="H2342"\w* \w were|strong="H4325"\w* \add created\add*,  
\q2 when there \w were|strong="H4325"\w* no \w springs|strong="H4599"\w* \w from|strong="H4325"\w* \w which|strong="H4325"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w flowed|strong="H4325"\w*.   
\q1
\v 25 \w I|strong="H2962"\w* \w was|strong="H2022"\w* \w born|strong="H2342"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w hills|strong="H1389"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w were|strong="H2022"\w* \w formed|strong="H2342"\w*;   
\q1
\v 26  \add I, wisdom\add*, \w was|strong="H7218"\w* \w born|strong="H3808"\w* \w before|strong="H5704"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w earth|strong="H6083"\w*,  
\q2 \w before|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w fields|strong="H2351"\w* \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w soil|strong="H6083"\w* \w on|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w earth|strong="H6083"\w*.   
\q1
\v 27 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H8064"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w when|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H3559"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H8033"\w*,  
\q2 \w when|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w marked|strong="H2710"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w place|strong="H8033"\w* \add in the distance\add* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* oceans \add seem to\add* come \w together|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w I|strong="H5869"\w* was there when \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* put \w the|strong="H5869"\w* \w clouds|strong="H7834"\w* \w above|strong="H4605"\w* \add the earth\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5869"\w* when he caused \w the|strong="H5869"\w* water \w that|strong="H5869"\w* \w is|strong="H5869"\w* \w inside|strong="H4605"\w* \w the|strong="H5869"\w* earth \w to|strong="H5869"\w* \w be|strong="H5869"\w* secure.   
\q1
\v 29 \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w was|strong="H4325"\w* there \w when|strong="H5674"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w fixed|strong="H2706"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w boundary|strong="H2706"\w* \w for|strong="H2706"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w seas|strong="H3220"\w*,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w in|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w seas|strong="H3220"\w* would \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H5674"\w* \w past|strong="H5674"\w* those \w boundaries|strong="H2706"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H2706"\w* \w when|strong="H5674"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w down|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w foundations|strong="H4144"\w* \w which|strong="H4325"\w* support \w the|strong="H7760"\w* earth.   
\q2
\v 30 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* side \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* master worker (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w as|strong="H3117"\w* though \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* child).  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* happy \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* \w rejoicing|strong="H7832"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w I|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* delighted \w with|strong="H8398"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w world|strong="H8398"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H1121"\w* created;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* happy \w with|strong="H8398"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* whom \w he|strong="H1121"\w* created, too.   
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\v 32 \w So|strong="H6258"\w*, \add you people who are like\add* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w me|strong="H8104"\w*.  
\q2 \add I am\add* pleased \w with|strong="H8085"\w* \add all\add* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w teachings|strong="H1870"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \add carefully\add* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w teach|strong="H2449"\w* \w you|strong="H8085"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* become \w wise|strong="H2449"\w*.  
\q2 \w Do|strong="H8085"\w* \w not|strong="H8085"\w* reject \w my|strong="H8085"\w* teaching!   
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\v 34  \add I am\add* pleased \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H8104"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H8104"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w outside|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* house \w every|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w waiting|strong="H8104"\w* \add for me to come out\add*.   
\q1
\v 35 \w Those|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w me|strong="H4672"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \add a long\add* \w life|strong="H2416"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add will\add* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w pleased|strong="H7522"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H4672"\w*.   
\q1
\v 36 \w But|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* stray \w away|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H5315"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \add just\add* \w harm|strong="H2398"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5315"\w*.  
\q2 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w*, \add it is as though\add* [IRO] \w they|strong="H5315"\w* \w are|strong="H5315"\w* loving \w death|strong="H4194"\w*.”   
\c 9  
\s1 Being wise and being foolish  
\q1
\v 1  \add It is as though\add* \w wisdom|strong="H2454"\w* \add is a woman who\add* \w has|strong="H1004"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add big\add* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* herself,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w has|strong="H1004"\w* \w set|strong="H1129"\w* \w up|strong="H1129"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w columns|strong="H5982"\w* \add to support the roof\add*,   
\q1
\v 2 \w and|strong="H3196"\w* has \w slaughtered|strong="H2873"\w* \w an|strong="H2873"\w* \w animal|strong="H2874"\w* \add and cooked the meat\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3196"\w* has \w mixed|strong="H4537"\w* \add nice spices\add* \w in|strong="H3196"\w* \w the|strong="H6186"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3196"\w* has \w put|strong="H6186"\w* \add the food\add* \w on|strong="H7979"\w* \w the|strong="H6186"\w* \w table|strong="H7979"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3  \add It is as though then\add* \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w her|strong="H7971"\w* servant \w women|strong="H5291"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* highest place \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* town,   
\q1
\v 4 “\w You|strong="H4310"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w need|strong="H2638"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* understand more, come \w in|strong="H5493"\w*!”  
\q1 \w And|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* those \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w are|strong="H4310"\w* ignorant, \add it is as though\add* \w she|strong="H3820"\w* calls \w out|strong="H5493"\w*,   
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\v 5 “\w Come|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w eat|strong="H3898"\w* \w the|strong="H8354"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w that|strong="H3196"\w* \w I|strong="H3212"\w* \add have prepared\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w the|strong="H8354"\w* \add good\add* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w that|strong="H3196"\w* \w I|strong="H3212"\w* \w have|strong="H3899"\w* \w mixed|strong="H4537"\w*!   
\q1
\v 6 ◄\w Leave|strong="H5800"\w*/\w Go|strong="H5800"\w* \w away|strong="H1870"\w* \w from|strong="H2421"\w*► \add other\add* \w foolish|strong="H6612"\w* \w people|strong="H5800"\w*, \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \add if you do that, you will continue to\add* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*.  
\q2 \w Walk|strong="H1870"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w that|strong="H1870"\w* \w will|strong="H6612"\w* enable \w you|strong="H5800"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* ◄\w have|strong="H5800"\w* knowledge/know \w what|strong="H1870"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* true \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w what|strong="H1870"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H1870"\w* true►.”   
\b  
\q1
\v 7 If \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w rebuke|strong="H3198"\w* someone \w who|strong="H7563"\w* \w will|strong="H7563"\w* \w not|strong="H3947"\w* allow others \w to|strong="H3947"\w* \w correct|strong="H3256"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w*, \w he|strong="H3947"\w* \w will|strong="H7563"\w* insult \w you|strong="H3947"\w*.  
\q1 If \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w reprove|strong="H3198"\w*/scold \w an|strong="H3947"\w* \w evil|strong="H7563"\w* \w man|strong="H7563"\w*, \w he|strong="H3947"\w* \w will|strong="H7563"\w* hurt \w you|strong="H3947"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8 Do \w not|strong="H6435"\w* \w rebuke|strong="H3198"\w* someone \w who|strong="H2450"\w* \w will|strong="H2450"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* allow others \w to|strong="H2450"\w* ◄\w correct|strong="H3198"\w* \w him|strong="H8130"\w*/tell \w him|strong="H8130"\w* what he has done \w is|strong="H3887"\w* wrong►, \w because|strong="H6435"\w* he \w will|strong="H2450"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w you|strong="H6435"\w* \w for|strong="H3198"\w* doing \w that|strong="H6435"\w*.  
\q2 \add But\add* \w if|strong="H6435"\w* \w you|strong="H6435"\w* \w rebuke|strong="H3198"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w person|strong="H3198"\w*, he \w will|strong="H2450"\w* respect \w you|strong="H6435"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9 If \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w instruction|strong="H3948"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w people|strong="H3045"\w*, \w they|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* become \w wiser|strong="H2449"\w*.  
\q2 \w And|strong="H3045"\w* if \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w teach|strong="H3045"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w people|strong="H3045"\w*, \w they|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* \w learn|strong="H3045"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 10 If \w you|strong="H1847"\w* want \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*, \w you|strong="H1847"\w* must start \w by|strong="H3068"\w* revering \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* if \w you|strong="H1847"\w* \w know|strong="H1847"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w One|strong="H6918"\w*, \w you|strong="H1847"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* understand \add which teachings are wise/true\add*.   
\q1
\v 11 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* become wise, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* [DOU].   
\q1
\v 12 If \w you|strong="H5375"\w* are \w wise|strong="H2449"\w*, \w you|strong="H5375"\w* are \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w one|strong="H5375"\w* who will benefit \w from|strong="H5375"\w* \w it|strong="H5375"\w*;  
\q2 if \w you|strong="H5375"\w* ridicule \add becoming wise\add*, \w you|strong="H5375"\w* are \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w one|strong="H5375"\w* who will \w suffer|strong="H5375"\w*.   
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\q1
\v 13 \w Foolish|strong="H3687"\w* women talk loudly;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w ignorant|strong="H3045"\w* \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w never|strong="H1077"\w* ashamed \add of the wrong things that they do\add*.   
\q1
\v 14 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w doors|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*  
\q2 \add or\add* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H5921"\w* \add of the hills\add* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* town,   
\q1
\v 15 \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w they|strong="H7121"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w men|strong="H7121"\w* \w who|strong="H7121"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* \w passing|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5674"\w*,  
\q2 \w who|strong="H7121"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* trying \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w be|strong="H1870"\w* concerned \w with|strong="H5674"\w* \w their|strong="H7121"\w* own affairs,   
\q1
\v 16 “\w You|strong="H4310"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w need|strong="H2638"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* understand more, come \w into|strong="H5493"\w* \add my house\add*!”  
\q2 \w And|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* those \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w are|strong="H4310"\w* ignorant, \w they|strong="H5493"\w* call \w out|strong="H5493"\w*,   
\q1
\v 17 “\add Just as\add* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w which|strong="H4325"\w* \w you|strong="H4325"\w* \w have|strong="H4325"\w* \w stolen|strong="H1589"\w* tastes very good  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3899"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w that|strong="H4325"\w* \w you|strong="H4325"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* \w by|strong="H4325"\w* yourself tastes \w the|strong="H1589"\w* best,  
\q1 \add if you have sex secretly with someone to whom you are not married, you will enjoy it very much\add*.”   
\q1
\v 18 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w men|strong="H7121"\w* \w who|strong="H3588"\w* go \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* women’s houses do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w gone|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w are|strong="H3045"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w* \w dead|strong="H7496"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* descended \w down|strong="H7121"\w* \w into|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* deepest parts \w of|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w place|strong="H8033"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w dead|strong="H7496"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H3045"\w*.   
\c 10  
\s1 Wise sayings from Solomon  
\p
\v 1 These \add are more\add* \w proverbs|strong="H4912"\w*/\w wise|strong="H2450"\w* sayings \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*:  
\q1 \w If|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*, they cause their parents \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w happy|strong="H8055"\w*;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H8055"\w* \w if|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w*, they cause their parents \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w very|strong="H8055"\w* sad.   
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\q1
\v 2 Money \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* get \w by|strong="H3808"\w* doing dishonest/\w wicked|strong="H7562"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* really \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w benefit|strong="H3276"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w by|strong="H3808"\w* living \w righteously|strong="H6666"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* live \w for|strong="H3808"\w* ◄\w a|strong="H3068"\w* long time/\w many|strong="H3808"\w* years►.   
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\q1
\v 3 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* allow \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w starve|strong="H7456"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* prevent \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* \w from|strong="H5315"\w* getting what \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w*.   
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\q1
\v 4 \w Lazy|strong="H7423"\w* \w people|strong="H3709"\w* \add soon\add* \w become|strong="H6238"\w* \w poor|strong="H7326"\w*;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w those|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H7326"\w* \w work|strong="H6213"\w* hard \w who|strong="H7326"\w* \w become|strong="H6238"\w* \w rich|strong="H6238"\w*.   
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\q1
\v 5 \w Those|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w wise|strong="H7919"\w*, \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w crops|strong="H7019"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* they \w are|strong="H1121"\w* ripe;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* shameful/disgraceful \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w sleep|strong="H7290"\w* \add and not work\add* during \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* \w time|strong="H7105"\w*.   
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\q1
\v 6 \w Righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people will\add* \w be|strong="H6662"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1293"\w* \add by God\add*;  
\q2 \add the nice things\add* \w that|strong="H6310"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* [MTY] \add sometimes\add* \w conceal|strong="H3680"\w* \w the|strong="H3680"\w* fact \w that|strong="H6310"\w* \w they|strong="H6310"\w* \add are planning to\add* act violently.   
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\q1
\v 7 \w After|strong="H8034"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people die\add*, other \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1293"\w* \w as|strong="H6662"\w* \w they|strong="H8034"\w* \w remember|strong="H2143"\w* \add what those people did before they died\add*;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7563"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* soon forget \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* [MTY] \w after|strong="H8034"\w* \w they|strong="H8034"\w* die.   
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\q1
\v 8 \w Wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w heed|strong="H3820"\w* good \w instruction|strong="H4687"\w*/advice,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3947"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w who|strong="H2450"\w* \w talk|strong="H8193"\w* foolishly \w will|strong="H3820"\w* ruin themselves.   
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\q1
\v 9 Honest \w people|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H6140"\w* \w be|strong="H1870"\w* safe,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1870"\w* \add others\add* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, God) \w will|strong="H6140"\w* \w find|strong="H3045"\w* \w out|strong="H1980"\w* \w those|strong="H1980"\w* \w who|strong="H3045"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* dishonest.   
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\q1
\v 10 Those who signal \w with|strong="H5869"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \add that they are about to do something that is wrong\add* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w trouble|strong="H6094"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H8193"\w* those who rebuke others truthfully \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H5869"\w* peaceful.   
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\q1
\v 11 \w What|strong="H6310"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* [MTY] \w is|strong="H7563"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fountain|strong="H4726"\w* \w that|strong="H2416"\w* ◄gives \w life|strong="H2416"\w*/enables \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* many years► [MET],  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7563"\w* \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* [MTY] hides \add the fact\add* \w that|strong="H2416"\w* \w they|strong="H6310"\w* intend \w to|strong="H6310"\w* act violently.   
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\v 12 \w When|strong="H5921"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w hate|strong="H8135"\w* others, \w it|strong="H5921"\w* causes quarrels,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H5921"\w* if \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w love|strong="H5782"\w* others, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w forgive|strong="H6588"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \add for the wrong things that they do\add*.   
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\v 13 Those \w who|strong="H2638"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* good \w sense|strong="H3820"\w* say [MTY] what \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3820"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w who|strong="H2638"\w* \w do|strong="H8193"\w* not \w have|strong="H4672"\w* good \w sense|strong="H3820"\w* must \w be|strong="H3820"\w* punished.   
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\v 14 \w Wise|strong="H2450"\w* people continue \w to|strong="H6310"\w* learn \w all|strong="H6310"\w* \w that|strong="H6310"\w* \w they|strong="H6310"\w* can,  
\q2 but \w when|strong="H6310"\w* foolish people \w speak|strong="H6310"\w*, \w they|strong="H6310"\w* \w soon|strong="H7138"\w* \w cause|strong="H6310"\w* trouble.   
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\v 15 \w The|strong="H5797"\w* \w wealth|strong="H1952"\w* that \w rich|strong="H6223"\w* people have \add protects them like a city is protected by a\add* \w strong|strong="H5797"\w* wall around it [MET],  
\q2 but people \w who|strong="H1800"\w* \w are|strong="H6223"\w* \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* suffer much \add because they have no one to help them\add*.   
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\q1
\v 16 If you \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*, your \w reward|strong="H6468"\w* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* \w be|strong="H6662"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* good \w life|strong="H2416"\w*,  
\q2 \add but\add* all \w that|strong="H2416"\w* \w sinful|strong="H2403"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w gain|strong="H8393"\w* \w is|strong="H7563"\w* \w to|strong="H6662"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w more|strong="H7563"\w*.   
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\v 17 Those \w who|strong="H8104"\w* \w pay|strong="H8104"\w* \w attention|strong="H8104"\w* when others try \w to|strong="H8104"\w* ◄correct \w them|strong="H8582"\w*/teach \w them|strong="H8582"\w* what \w they|strong="H5800"\w* are doing \w that|strong="H2416"\w* \w is|strong="H8433"\w* wrong► \w will|strong="H5800"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* ◄happily/\w for|strong="H2416"\w* many years►;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H5800"\w* those \w who|strong="H8104"\w* \w reject|strong="H5800"\w* \w being|strong="H8104"\w* rebuked \w will|strong="H5800"\w* not find \w the|strong="H8104"\w* road \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, cause others \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w go|strong="H8582"\w* \w astray|strong="H8582"\w*).   
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\v 18 \w Those|strong="H3318"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H3318"\w* admit \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w hate|strong="H8135"\w* \add others\add* \w are|strong="H8193"\w* \w liars|strong="H8267"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w those|strong="H3318"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w slander|strong="H1681"\w* \add others\add* \w are|strong="H8193"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w When|strong="H7230"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w talk|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot, \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* lead \w them|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w sin|strong="H6588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \add by what they say\add*;  
\q2 if \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w wise|strong="H7919"\w*, \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w refuse|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w* \w very|strong="H7230"\w* \w much|strong="H7230"\w*.   
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\v 20 What \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*/good \add people\add* say [MTY] \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \add as valuable as\add* pure \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* [MET];  
\q2 what \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* \w think|strong="H3820"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* worthless.   
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\v 21 What \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add* say [MTY] benefits \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \add people\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H6662"\w* foolish \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* because \w of|strong="H3820"\w* \w the|strong="H4191"\w* stupid \add things that they do\add*.   
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\v 22 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w blesses|strong="H1293"\w* \add some people\add* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* enabling \w them|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H6238"\w* \w rich|strong="H6238"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* working hard \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w make|strong="H3254"\w* \w them|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H6238"\w* \w richer|strong="H6238"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w them|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H6238"\w* sad).   
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\v 23 \w Foolish|strong="H3684"\w* people ◄have fun/enjoy► \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H2451"\w* wrong,  
\q2 but \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*/sensible people enjoy \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H2451"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w Righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* get \w the|strong="H5414"\w* good things \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* want/\w desire|strong="H8378"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7563"\w* \w what|strong="H4034"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* afraid \w of|strong="H7563"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w what|strong="H4034"\w* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* happen \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w When|strong="H5674"\w* storms \w come|strong="H5674"\w*, \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* ◄\w be|strong="H5769"\w* blown \w away|strong="H5674"\w*/\w never|strong="H5769"\w* \w be|strong="H5769"\w* safe►,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7563"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people will\add* \w be|strong="H5769"\w* safe \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.   
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\v 26 We \w do|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H5869"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lazy|strong="H6102"\w* \w person|strong="H5869"\w* who refuses \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* job \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w he|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* given \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w*,  
\q2 \add just\add* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H5869"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w vinegar|strong="H2558"\w* \w in|strong="H5869"\w* \w our|strong="H7971"\w* mouths or \w smoke|strong="H6227"\w* \w in|strong="H5869"\w* \w our|strong="H7971"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.   
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\v 27 If \w you|strong="H3117"\w* revere \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7563"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* die \w before|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* become \w old|strong="H8141"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w Righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add* confidently expect \add that good things will happen to them\add*, \w and|strong="H8057"\w* \w that|strong="H6662"\w* causes them \w to|strong="H6662"\w* \w be|strong="H6662"\w* \w happy|strong="H8057"\w*/joyful;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7563"\w* when \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* confidently expect something good \w to|strong="H6662"\w* happen, it does not happen.   
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\v 29 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w protects|strong="H4581"\w* [MET] those \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H1870"\w* righteously,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1870"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* destroys those \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6466"\w* \w what|strong="H1870"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* evil.   
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\v 30 \w Righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* \w always|strong="H5769"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* secure [LIT],  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w removed|strong="H4131"\w* \w from|strong="H7931"\w* \w their|strong="H3808"\w* land (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w from|strong="H7931"\w* this earth).   
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\v 31 \w Righteous|strong="H6662"\w* people [MTY] \w say|strong="H6310"\w* \w things|strong="H8419"\w* \w that|strong="H3956"\w* \w are|strong="H6662"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H6662"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* shut \w the|strong="H3772"\w* \w mouths|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H6310"\w* people [MTY] \w who|strong="H6662"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w is|strong="H6662"\w* not true.   
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\v 32 \w Righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w people|strong="H3045"\w* [MTY] \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H7563"\w* \w acceptable|strong="H7522"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7563"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* [MTY] \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \add constantly\add* \w saying|strong="H6310"\w* \w things|strong="H8419"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* true.   
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\v 1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* detests \add people who use\add* \w scales|strong="H3976"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* not weigh correctly;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* delighted \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \add those who use\add* correct weights \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w scales|strong="H3976"\w*.   
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\v 2  \add People who are\add* \w proud|strong="H2087"\w* \w will|strong="H2451"\w* \add eventually\add* \w be|strong="H2451"\w* disgraced;  
\q2 it \w is|strong="H2451"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* \w to|strong="H2451"\w* \w be|strong="H2451"\w* humble.   
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\v 3  \add People who are\add* good \w are|strong="H3477"\w* \w guided|strong="H5148"\w* \w by|strong="H7703"\w* \add doing what is\add* honest;  
\q2 those \w who|strong="H3477"\w* \w are|strong="H3477"\w* not honest \w will|strong="H3477"\w* be \w ruined|strong="H7703"\w* because \w of|strong="H7703"\w* \w the|strong="H5148"\w* wrong things that they do.   
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\v 4  \add Your\add* money \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w help|strong="H3276"\w* \add you\add* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \add God\add* judges \add and punishes people\add*;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* if \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w* \w righteously|strong="H6666"\w*, \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w When|strong="H5307"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* honest \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w good|strong="H3474"\w*, \w that|strong="H5307"\w* \w will|strong="H7563"\w* ◄\w direct|strong="H3474"\w* \w their|strong="H5307"\w* \w paths|strong="H1870"\w*/show \w them|strong="H5307"\w* \w what|strong="H1870"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* \w right|strong="H6666"\w* \w for|strong="H6666"\w* \w them|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w*►;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7563"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people will\add* experience disasters \w because|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w evil|strong="H7563"\w* things \w that|strong="H5307"\w* \w they|strong="H1870"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w*.   
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\v 6  \add God\add* \w rescues|strong="H5337"\w*/protects \w righteous|strong="H6666"\w* \add people\add* because \w they|strong="H3920"\w* ◄\w are|strong="H3477"\w* honest/\w do|strong="H1942"\w* \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w is|strong="H3477"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*►,  
\q2 but those \w who|strong="H3477"\w* ◄\w are|strong="H3477"\w* treacherous/cannot \w be|strong="H1942"\w* trusted► \w will|strong="H3477"\w* \w be|strong="H1942"\w* trapped because \w of|strong="H3477"\w* \w their|strong="H5337"\w* being greedy.   
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\v 7 When \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* \w die|strong="H4194"\w*, they \w cannot|strong="H4194"\w* confidently expect \w to|strong="H7563"\w* receive anything \add that is good\add*;  
\q2 they expect \w that|strong="H7563"\w* \add their money\add* \w will|strong="H7563"\w* help/save them, \w but|strong="H7563"\w* it \w will|strong="H7563"\w* not.   
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\v 8  \add Yahweh\add* \w rescues|strong="H2502"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add* \w from|strong="H8478"\w* \w their|strong="H8478"\w* \w troubles|strong="H6869"\w*/difficulties;  
\q2 \w instead|strong="H8478"\w*, \w it|strong="H8478"\w* \w is|strong="H7563"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w who|strong="H6662"\w* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* \w have|strong="H7563"\w* \w troubles|strong="H6869"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Godless|strong="H2611"\w* people can \w ruin|strong="H7843"\w* others \w by|strong="H7453"\w* \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w they|strong="H6310"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* [MTY],  
\q2 \w but|strong="H6662"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people will\add* \w be|strong="H6662"\w* saved \w by|strong="H7453"\w* \add their ◄own\add* good sense/being wise►.   
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\v 10 When \w things|strong="H2898"\w* go \w well|strong="H2898"\w* \w for|strong="H6662"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add*, \add the people in\add* [MTY] \w their|strong="H7563"\w* \w city|strong="H7151"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* happy,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6662"\w* they \w shout|strong="H7440"\w* joyfully when \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* die.   
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\v 11 \w When|strong="H6310"\w* \w righteous|strong="H3477"\w* \add people request God to\add* bless \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H7176"\w*, \w that|strong="H6310"\w* \w city|strong="H7176"\w* \w will|strong="H7563"\w* \w become|strong="H7311"\w* great,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7563"\w* cities \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w ruined|strong="H2040"\w* \w by|strong="H7563"\w* \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* [MTY].   
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\v 12 \w It|strong="H3820"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* foolish \w to|strong="H3820"\w* despise others;  
\q2 those \w who|strong="H2638"\w* ◄\w have|strong="H7453"\w* good \w sense|strong="H3820"\w*/\w are|strong="H3820"\w* wise► \w do|strong="H2790"\w* \w not|strong="H2790"\w* say anything \add to criticize others\add*.   
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\v 13 \w Those|strong="H1980"\w* \w who|strong="H1980"\w* ◄\w spread|strong="H1980"\w* gossip/tell bad \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w about|strong="H1980"\w* \w others|strong="H1540"\w*► \w will|strong="H7307"\w* tell \w your|strong="H1540"\w* \w secrets|strong="H5475"\w* \add to others\add*,  
\q2 but if \w there|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* someone whom \w you|strong="H1540"\w* \w can|strong="H7307"\w* trust, \w you|strong="H1540"\w* \w can|strong="H7307"\w* trust \w him|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w not|strong="H1980"\w* tell \w your|strong="H1540"\w* \w secrets|strong="H5475"\w* \add to others\add*.   
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\v 14 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H5971"\w* destroyed/ruined if it does \w not|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \add leaders\add* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w guide|strong="H3289"\w* it \add wisely\add*;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H5971"\w* if \w there|strong="H7230"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w many|strong="H7230"\w* \add good\add* advisors, \w the|strong="H5307"\w* \w nation|strong="H5971"\w* \w remains|strong="H5307"\w* secure.   
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\v 15 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* promise \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w stranger|strong="H2114"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H2114"\w* pay \w his|strong="H3588"\w* debt \add if he cannot pay it himself\add*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H2114"\w* regret \w it|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\q2 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H2114"\w* \w be|strong="H7451"\w* safe \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w refuse|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H7451"\w* \w guarantee|strong="H6148"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H2114"\w* pay someone \w else|strong="H3588"\w*’s debts.   
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\v 16  \add People\add* \w honor|strong="H3519"\w*/respect women who are kind/\w gracious|strong="H2580"\w*;  
\q2 \w ruthless|strong="H6184"\w*/\w violent|strong="H6184"\w* people \w may|strong="H3519"\w* get \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H3519"\w* money, \add but that is all that they will get\add*.   
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\v 17 \w Those|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w are|strong="H5315"\w* kind benefit \w themselves|strong="H5315"\w* \add because others will be kind to them\add*,  
\q2 but \w those|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w are|strong="H5315"\w* cruel \w will|strong="H5315"\w* hurt \w themselves|strong="H5315"\w* \add because others will be cruel to them\add*.   
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\v 18 If \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* earn \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H6213"\w* money, \w that|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H7563"\w* deceive \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \add because they will not keep it for very long\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7563"\w* \w those|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H7563"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H7563"\w* \w right|strong="H6666"\w* \w will|strong="H7563"\w* \w surely|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H7563"\w* rewarded \add by God forever\add*.   
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\v 19 \w Those|strong="H7291"\w* \w who|strong="H2416"\w* always do \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w right|strong="H6666"\w* \w will|strong="H6666"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \add a long/happy life\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3651"\w* \w those|strong="H7291"\w* \w who|strong="H2416"\w* insist \w on|strong="H7451"\w* \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w wrong|strong="H7451"\w* \w will|strong="H6666"\w* \w not|strong="H7451"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \add very long\add*.   
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\v 20 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* hates those \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* always thinking \w about|strong="H1870"\w* \w doing|strong="H1870"\w* evil \w things|strong="H8441"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1870"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* delighted \w with|strong="H3068"\w* those \w who|strong="H3068"\w* always \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H7522"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w It|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* certain \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \add Yahweh\add* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* punish \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w* \add from being punished\add*.   
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\v 22  \add It is\add* ◄\add unsuitable/not proper/disgusting\add*► \w for|strong="H2091"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H3303"\w* woman not \w to|strong="H5493"\w* know what \w is|strong="H2091"\w* right \w to|strong="H5493"\w* \w do|strong="H5493"\w*,  
\q2 like [SIM] \add it is unsuitable/disgusting\add* \w for|strong="H2091"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w pig|strong="H2386"\w* \w to|strong="H5493"\w* have \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w ring|strong="H5141"\w* \w in|strong="H5493"\w* \w its|strong="H5493"\w* snout/nose.   
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\v 23 When \w the|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \w that|strong="H2896"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* want happen, \w it|strong="H2896"\w* brings \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \add to them and to others\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7563"\w* when \w the|strong="H2896"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* get \w what|strong="H2896"\w* they want, \w it|strong="H2896"\w* causes everyone else \w to|strong="H2896"\w* become \w angry|strong="H5678"\w*.   
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\v 24 Some people \w give|strong="H3254"\w* \add their money\add* generously \add to poor people\add*, \w but|strong="H5750"\w* they become richer \add in spite of that\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3254"\w* some people \w hold|strong="H2820"\w* tightly \w to|strong="H3254"\w* \w their|strong="H2820"\w* money, \w but|strong="H5750"\w* they \w still|strong="H5750"\w* become \w poor|strong="H4270"\w* \add in spite of that\add*.   
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\v 25 \w Those|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* give generously \add to others\add* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w prosper|strong="H1878"\w*;  
\q2 \w if|strong="H1931"\w* \w you|strong="H3384"\w* help \w others|strong="H5315"\w*, \add they/someone\add* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* help \w you|strong="H3384"\w*, \w too|strong="H1571"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w People|strong="H3816"\w* \w curse|strong="H5344"\w*/despise someone who hoards \w his|strong="H4513"\w* \w grain|strong="H1250"\w* \add and does not sell it\add*, waiting \w to|strong="H7218"\w* get \w a|strong="H3068"\w* higher/bigger price \w for|strong="H1250"\w* \w it|strong="H7218"\w*,  
\q2 but they praise someone who \w sells|strong="H7666"\w* \w it|strong="H7218"\w* \add when people need it, even when the price is not high\add*.   
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\v 27 If \w you|strong="H7836"\w* sincerely \w want|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H1245"\w* \add do what is\add* \w right|strong="H2896"\w*, \add people\add* \w will|strong="H7522"\w* respect \w you|strong="H7836"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1245"\w* if \w you|strong="H7836"\w* \w are|strong="H2896"\w* wanting \w to|strong="H1245"\w* cause \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w*, \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w you|strong="H7836"\w* \w will|strong="H7522"\w* \w get|strong="H1245"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w Those|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* trust \w in|strong="H5307"\w* \w their|strong="H5307"\w* money \w will|strong="H6662"\w* \add disappear like the\add* withered \add leaves that fall from the trees\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H6662"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* keep \w going|strong="H5307"\w* strong, \w like|strong="H5307"\w* green \w leaves|strong="H5929"\w* \add in the summer\add*.   
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\v 29 \w Those|strong="H2450"\w* \w who|strong="H5650"\w* \w bring|strong="H5916"\w* \w troubles|strong="H5916"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w their|strong="H5157"\w* \w families|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w inherit|strong="H5157"\w* nothing [MET] \add from them\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w those|strong="H2450"\w* \w who|strong="H5650"\w* do foolish things \add like that\add* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \add some day\add* become \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \add people\add*.   
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\v 30 \w Those|strong="H2450"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \w righteously|strong="H6662"\w* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \add for a long time\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3947"\w* \add those who act\add* violently \w will|strong="H6662"\w* destroy \add their own\add* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w those|strong="H2450"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w are|strong="H6662"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* \w have|strong="H2450"\w* many \w people|strong="H5315"\w* come \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \w with|strong="H5315"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w*).   
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\v 31  \add Sometimes\add* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w rewarded|strong="H7999"\w* \add here\add* on \w the|strong="H3588"\w* earth,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H7563"\w* much \w more|strong="H3588"\w* certain \w that|strong="H3588"\w* very \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* [DOU] \add will be rewarded by being punished\add*.   
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\v 1 \w Those|strong="H8130"\w* \w who|strong="H8130"\w* want \w to|strong="H4148"\w* \w know|strong="H1847"\w* \add what is right to do\add* want \w to|strong="H4148"\w* \w be|strong="H8130"\w* ◄disciplined/corrected► when they do \w what|strong="H1847"\w* \w is|strong="H1847"\w* wrong;  
\q2 it \w is|strong="H1847"\w* \w foolish|strong="H1198"\w* \w to|strong="H4148"\w* not want \w to|strong="H4148"\w* \w be|strong="H8130"\w* ◄corrected/told that \w what|strong="H1847"\w* \w you|strong="H8130"\w* did \w is|strong="H1847"\w* wrong►.   
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\v 2 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w pleased|strong="H7522"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* people,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w condemns|strong="H7561"\w* those \w who|strong="H3068"\w* plan \w to|strong="H3068"\w* harm \add others\add*.   
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\v 3 \w People|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H7562"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* become \w secure|strong="H3559"\w*/safe \w by|strong="H3559"\w* doing \w what|strong="H3559"\w* \w is|strong="H6662"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7562"\w*;  
\q2 \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* very safe \w and|strong="H6662"\w* \w secure|strong="H3559"\w* [LIT] \w like|strong="H3808"\w* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* tree \w that|strong="H3808"\w* has \w deep|strong="H8328"\w* \w roots|strong="H8328"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* good wife \w is|strong="H1167"\w* one \w who|strong="H1167"\w* causes her \w husband|strong="H1167"\w* \w to|strong="H2428"\w* \w be|strong="H6106"\w* greatly honored,  
\q2 but \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wife \w who|strong="H1167"\w* does things \w that|strong="H2428"\w* cause her \w husband|strong="H1167"\w* \w to|strong="H2428"\w* \w be|strong="H6106"\w* ashamed \add will destroy him\add* like [SIM] cancer \add destroys\add* his \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w What|strong="H4941"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add* want \w to|strong="H4941"\w* do \w is|strong="H7563"\w* \add to treat people\add* \w fairly|strong="H4941"\w*;  
\q2 \w what|strong="H4941"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* want \w to|strong="H4941"\w* do \w is|strong="H7563"\w* \w to|strong="H4941"\w* deceive \w people|strong="H7563"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w What|strong="H1697"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w like|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* trap [MET] \w that|strong="H1697"\w* kills [MTY] \w people|strong="H1818"\w* \add who pass by\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7563"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w righteous|strong="H3477"\w* \add people\add* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* [MTY] \w rescues|strong="H5337"\w* those whom \add wicked people threaten to harm\add*.   
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\v 7 \w Wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* die \add before they become old and we will see\add* \w them|strong="H5975"\w* \w no|strong="H5975"\w* \w more|strong="H7563"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7563"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* live \add for many years\add* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w have|strong="H7563"\w* many descendants.   
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\v 8  \add People will\add* \w praise|strong="H1984"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* who \w have|strong="H1961"\w* good \w sense|strong="H3820"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \add people will\add* despise \w those|strong="H1961"\w* ◄who \w are|strong="H6310"\w* always thinking \w about|strong="H1961"\w* doing evil \w things|strong="H1961"\w*/whose thinking \w is|strong="H3820"\w* twisted►.   
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\v 9 \w It|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H5650"\w* \w be|strong="H5650"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* humble/ordinary person \w who|strong="H5650"\w* \w has|strong="H5650"\w* only \w one|strong="H2896"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*  
\q2 \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H5650"\w* think \w that|strong="H5650"\w* \w you|strong="H3513"\w* \w are|strong="H5650"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* important while \w you|strong="H3513"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* nothing \w to|strong="H5650"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w take|strong="H3045"\w* care \w of|strong="H5315"\w* \w their|strong="H3045"\w* domestic animals,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7563"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* act cruelly \add toward their animals\add*.   
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\v 11 Farmers \w who|strong="H2638"\w* \w work|strong="H5647"\w* hard \w in|strong="H3899"\w* \w their|strong="H5647"\w* fields \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \add produce good crops\add* \w that|strong="H3899"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* give \w them|strong="H7291"\w* \w plenty|strong="H7646"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H5647"\w* \w those|strong="H7291"\w* \w who|strong="H2638"\w* waste \w their|strong="H5647"\w* \w time|strong="H3820"\w* \w working|strong="H5647"\w* \w on|strong="H3899"\w* \w worthless|strong="H7386"\w* projects \w are|strong="H3820"\w* \w foolish|strong="H7386"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* \w desire|strong="H2530"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w take|strong="H5414"\w* \w away|strong="H7451"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \add other\add* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w have|strong="H7563"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7563"\w* \add Yahweh\add* enables \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*/\w godly|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H6662"\w* steadfast \w and|strong="H6662"\w* productive [MET].   
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\v 13 \w Evil|strong="H7451"\w* people \w are|strong="H6588"\w* trapped \w by|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H7451"\w* \w they|strong="H7451"\w* say [MTY],  
\q2 \w but|strong="H6662"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add* \w escape|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w trouble|strong="H6869"\w*.   
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\v 14 People \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w rewarded|strong="H7725"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \add the good things\add* \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w they|strong="H6310"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* \add to others\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* people \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \add also\add* \w rewarded|strong="H7725"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w work|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w they|strong="H6310"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* [MTY].   
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\v 15 Foolish \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \add always\add* \w think|strong="H5869"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w they|strong="H1870"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w doing|strong="H1870"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*;  
\q2 \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w heed|strong="H8085"\w* \add other people when they give them good\add* \w advice|strong="H6098"\w*.   
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\v 16 Foolish \w people|strong="H3045"\w* quickly become \w angry|strong="H3708"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* someone does something \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* don’t \w like|strong="H3117"\w*;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3117"\w* those \w who|strong="H3045"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* good sense ignore \w it|strong="H3045"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* others insult \w them|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 17  \add In the courtroom\add*, \w honest|strong="H6664"\w* people say \w what|strong="H6664"\w* \w is|strong="H6664"\w* true,  
\q2 but untruthful/\w dishonest|strong="H4820"\w* people \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \add nothing but\add* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*.   
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\v 18 What some people say \add hurts people badly\add*, as much as [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w can|strong="H3426"\w*;  
\q2 but what \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \add people\add* say ◄heals \add others’ souls\add*/comforts others►.   
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\v 19 \w When|strong="H5704"\w* people tell [MTY] \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*, others soon realize \w that|strong="H5704"\w* \w what|strong="H3559"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* said \w is|strong="H3956"\w* \w not|strong="H3559"\w* true [IDM];  
\q2 \w but|strong="H8193"\w* \w when|strong="H5704"\w* people say \w what|strong="H3559"\w* \w is|strong="H3956"\w* true, others \w will|strong="H5704"\w* remember \w that|strong="H5704"\w* \w forever|strong="H5704"\w*.   
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\v 20 Those \w who|strong="H7965"\w* plan \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w do|strong="H2790"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w are|strong="H4820"\w* always wanting \w to|strong="H3820"\w* deceive \add others\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3820"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* go \w well|strong="H7965"\w* \w for|strong="H7451"\w* those \w who|strong="H7965"\w* plan \add to do\add* good \w things|strong="H7451"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w Bad|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \add usually\add* [HYP] \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* happen \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H7563"\w* \w troubles|strong="H7451"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* detests \w those|strong="H6213"\w* [MTY] \w who|strong="H3068"\w* tell \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H8193"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* delighted \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* faithfully \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w promise|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 23 Those \w with|strong="H3680"\w* good \w sense|strong="H3820"\w* do not reveal \add all\add* \w that|strong="H7121"\w* \w they|strong="H3820"\w* \w know|strong="H1847"\w*;  
\q2 \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* show \add clearly\add* \w by|strong="H7121"\w* \w what|strong="H1847"\w* \w they|strong="H3820"\w* say \w that|strong="H7121"\w* \w they|strong="H3820"\w* ◄\w are|strong="H6175"\w* ignorant/have not learned much►.   
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\v 24 \w Those|strong="H1961"\w* [SYN] who \w work|strong="H3027"\w* hard \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w rulers|strong="H4910"\w* \add of others\add*;  
\q2 \w those|strong="H1961"\w* who \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w lazy|strong="H7423"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* slaves \add of others.\add*   
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\v 25 When \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* anxious/worried, \w they|strong="H1697"\w* become depressed/dejected,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3820"\w* when others \w speak|strong="H1697"\w* \w kindly|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w them|strong="H8055"\w*, \w it|strong="H2896"\w* \w causes|strong="H1697"\w* \w them|strong="H8055"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w cheerful|strong="H2896"\w* again.   
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\v 26 \w Godly|strong="H6662"\w*/\w Righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* try \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \add give good advice to\add* \w their|strong="H1870"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, try \w to|strong="H1870"\w* make \w friends|strong="H7453"\w* \w with|strong="H6662"\w* others),  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7563"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w manner|strong="H1870"\w* \w in|strong="H1870"\w* which \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* \w live|strong="H1870"\w* misleads \w their|strong="H1870"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w Lazy|strong="H7423"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \add cook the meat of\add* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* animals \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* catch/kill,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* those \w who|strong="H3808"\w* work hard \w will|strong="H3808"\w* acquire (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w are|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w*) \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w valuable|strong="H3368"\w* treasure.   
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\v 28 Those \w who|strong="H2416"\w* ◄\w live|strong="H2416"\w* \w righteously|strong="H6666"\w*/continually \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w what|strong="H1870"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* \w right|strong="H6666"\w*► \w are|strong="H1870"\w* \add walking\add* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* long \w life|strong="H2416"\w*;  
\q2 ◄\w it|strong="H6666"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H1870"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w*/\w they|strong="H1870"\w* \w will|strong="H6666"\w* \w not|strong="H1870"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w* when \w they|strong="H1870"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* still young►.   
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\v 1 \w Children|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* ◄\w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w*/\w heed|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H3808"\w*► \w when|strong="H8085"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* parents \w discipline|strong="H4148"\w*/correct \w them|strong="H1121"\w*;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* foolish \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w do|strong="H8085"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w when|strong="H8085"\w* someone rebukes \w them|strong="H1121"\w* \add for their bad behavior\add*.   
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\v 2 \w Good|strong="H2896"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w are|strong="H6310"\w* rewarded [IDM] \w for|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H2896"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w* [MET] \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w they|strong="H6310"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w*,  
\q2 but \w those|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w desire|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H6310"\w* deceive \w others|strong="H5315"\w* \w are|strong="H6310"\w* \add very\add* eager \w to|strong="H6310"\w* act violently.   
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\v 3 \w Those|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w are|strong="H8193"\w* \add very\add* \w careful|strong="H8104"\w* about \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w they|strong="H6310"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* [MTY] \w will|strong="H5315"\w* live \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H5315"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*;  
\q2 \w those|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w talk|strong="H8193"\w* ◄\w without|strong="H6310"\w* thinking/too \w much|strong="H6310"\w*► \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w ruin|strong="H4288"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5315"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w People|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w are|strong="H5315"\w* \w lazy|strong="H6102"\w* \w want|strong="H5315"\w* \w things|strong="H2742"\w* very much, but \w they|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w not|strong="H5315"\w* get anything [HYP].  
\q2 \w People|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* work hard \w will|strong="H5315"\w* get all \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w they|strong="H5315"\w* \w want|strong="H5315"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Righteous|strong="H6662"\w*/Honest \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w*/\w detest|strong="H8130"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7563"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w do|strong="H1697"\w* ◄\w is|strong="H1697"\w* very \w disgraceful|strong="H2659"\w*/stinks► [DOU].   
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\v 6 \w The|strong="H1870"\w* \w behavior|strong="H1870"\w* [PRS] \w of|strong="H1870"\w* those who always \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w what|strong="H1870"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* \w right|strong="H6666"\w* \w will|strong="H6666"\w* \w protect|strong="H5341"\w* \w them|strong="H1870"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1870"\w* \w sinful|strong="H2403"\w* \add behavior will\add* ruin wicked people.   
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\v 7 \w Some|strong="H7227"\w* people \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3605"\w* pretend \w to|strong="H7227"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* \w rich|strong="H6238"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7326"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* people \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3426"\w* \w very|strong="H7227"\w* \w rich|strong="H6238"\w* pretend \w to|strong="H7227"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* \w poor|strong="H7326"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Rich|strong="H6239"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w are|strong="H5315"\w* able \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* kill \w them|strong="H8085"\w*, \add with the result that they will be protected, not killed\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \add do not have to worry about that because\add* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* threatens \w to|strong="H8085"\w* kill \w them|strong="H8085"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* like \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lamp|strong="H5216"\w* [MET] \w that|strong="H6662"\w* shines brightly,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7563"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* like [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lamp|strong="H5216"\w* \w that|strong="H6662"\w* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* \add soon\add* \w be|strong="H6662"\w* \w extinguished|strong="H1846"\w*.   
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\v 10  \add People\add* who are \w arrogant|strong="H2087"\w*/\w proud|strong="H2087"\w* \add always\add* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w strife|strong="H4683"\w*;  
\q2 those who are \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* ask \add other people\add* \w for|strong="H5414"\w* good \w advice|strong="H3289"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* who acquire \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H3027"\w* money quickly \add by doing what is wrong, probably\add* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w lose|strong="H3027"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \add quickly\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H5921"\w* if \w people|strong="H6908"\w* earn money slowly, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w amount|strong="H7235"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* money \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w increase|strong="H7235"\w*.   
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\v 12 When \w people|strong="H3820"\w* do not \w receive|strong="H2416"\w* \w the|strong="H2470"\w* things \w that|strong="H2416"\w* \w they|strong="H3820"\w* \w are|strong="H3820"\w* expecting \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w receive|strong="H2416"\w*, ◄\w it|strong="H3820"\w* causes them \w to|strong="H3820"\w* despair/\w they|strong="H3820"\w* \w become|strong="H2470"\w* very sad►;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3820"\w* if \w you|strong="H3820"\w* \w receive|strong="H2416"\w* \w what|strong="H8378"\w* \w you|strong="H3820"\w* \w are|strong="H3820"\w* desiring \w to|strong="H3820"\w* get, \w that|strong="H2416"\w* \add will be like a tree\add* [MET] \add whose fruit gives you\add* \w life|strong="H2416"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w that|strong="H2416"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* cause \w you|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* joyful).   
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\v 13 \w Those|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* despise \add the good\add* \w advice|strong="H1697"\w* \add that others give them\add* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* bringing \w ruin|strong="H2254"\w* \w on|strong="H1697"\w* themselves;  
\q2 \w those|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w pay|strong="H7999"\w* attention \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w advice|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* ◄\w be|strong="H1697"\w* secure/succeed►.   
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\v 14 What \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \add people\add* teach \w is|strong="H8451"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fountain|strong="H4726"\w* whose \add water\add* gives \w life|strong="H2416"\w* [MET];  
\q2 what \w they|strong="H5493"\w* teach \w you|strong="H5493"\w* \w will|strong="H2450"\w* help \w you|strong="H5493"\w* \w to|strong="H5493"\w* \w escape|strong="H5493"\w* when something dangerous \w is|strong="H8451"\w* threatening \w to|strong="H5493"\w* kill \w you|strong="H5493"\w* [MET].   
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\v 15  \add People\add* respect those \w who|strong="H2896"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w sense|strong="H7922"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1870"\w* those \w who|strong="H2896"\w* cannot \w be|strong="H5414"\w* trusted \w are|strong="H1870"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* being ruined/destroyed (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H1870"\w* difficulties/troubles).   
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\v 16 \w Those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* good sense \w always|strong="H3605"\w* think \w carefully|strong="H6213"\w*/wisely before \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w something|strong="H3605"\w*;  
\q2 \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* people \w show|strong="H6213"\w* \add by what they say and do\add* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H6213"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w who|strong="H4397"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w not|strong="H7451"\w* reliable cause \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7563"\w* those \w who|strong="H4397"\w* faithfully \add deliver their messages\add* cause \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w to|strong="H4397"\w* act peacefully.   
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\v 18 Those \w who|strong="H8104"\w* \w refuse|strong="H6544"\w* \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w pay|strong="H8104"\w* \w attention|strong="H8104"\w* when others \w discipline|strong="H4148"\w*/correct \w them|strong="H8104"\w* \w will|strong="H7389"\w* become poor \w and|strong="H8104"\w* disgraced;  
\q2 \add people\add* respect those \w who|strong="H8104"\w* accept \w it|strong="H8104"\w* when they \w are|strong="H3513"\w* rebuked \add for their bad behavior\add*.   
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\v 19 \w It|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* delightful \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w receive|strong="H1961"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w desire|strong="H8378"\w*;  
\q2 \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w hate|strong="H8441"\w*/refuse \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w Those|strong="H2450"\w* \w who|strong="H2450"\w* habitually \w associate|strong="H7462"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* people \w become|strong="H1980"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*;  
\q2 \w those|strong="H2450"\w* \w who|strong="H2450"\w* ◄\w are|strong="H2450"\w* close friends \w of|strong="H7462"\w*/\w associate|strong="H7462"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w*► \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* people \w will|strong="H2450"\w* ◄regret \w it|strong="H1980"\w*/\w be|strong="H1980"\w* ruined►.   
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\v 21 \w Sinners|strong="H2400"\w* \w have|strong="H7451"\w* \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w* [PRS] \w wherever|strong="H2896"\w* \w they|strong="H7451"\w* go,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H6662"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* go \w well|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H7451"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add*.   
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\v 22 \w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \add die\add*, \w their|strong="H5157"\w* \w grandchildren|strong="H1121"\w* \w inherit|strong="H5157"\w* \w their|strong="H5157"\w* money;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H6662"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* sinners \add die\add*, \w the|strong="H5157"\w* money \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H2428"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* end \w up|strong="H6845"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5157"\w* hands \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add*.   
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\v 23  \add Sometimes\add* \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* \add people’s\add* fields produce \w plenty|strong="H7230"\w* \w of|strong="H7230"\w* food,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* unjust \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w take|strong="H4941"\w* \w away|strong="H5595"\w* \w all|strong="H7230"\w* \w that|strong="H3426"\w* food.   
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\v 24 \w Those|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* do \w not|strong="H1121"\w* punish \w their|strong="H2820"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \add for bad behavior\add* do \w not|strong="H1121"\w* \add really\add* love \w them|strong="H8130"\w*;  
\q2 \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* love \w their|strong="H2820"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* start \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w discipline|strong="H4148"\w* \w them|strong="H8130"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* still \w young|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w Righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add* \w have|strong="H7563"\w* enough food \w to|strong="H5315"\w* eat \w and|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H5315"\w* \w satisfied|strong="H7648"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7563"\w* \w the|strong="H7563"\w* stomachs \w of|strong="H5315"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* [SYN] \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \add always\add* \w empty|strong="H2637"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w Wise|strong="H2454"\w* women [PRS] \w hold|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H2040"\w* \w families|strong="H1004"\w* together \add by the wise things that they do\add*,  
\q2 but foolish women ruin \w their|strong="H2040"\w* \w families|strong="H1004"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* foolish things \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w they|strong="H3027"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w By|strong="H3068"\w* \add continually\add* behaving/\w acting|strong="H1980"\w* righteously, \add people show that they\add* greatly revere \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*;  
\q2 \w those|strong="H1980"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w walk|strong="H1980"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w* crooked \w paths|strong="H1870"\w*/always deceive others► \add show that they\add* despise \w him|strong="H1980"\w*.   
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\v 3 Foolish people \w will|strong="H2450"\w* \w be|strong="H6310"\w* punished [MTY] \w for|strong="H8104"\w* \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w they|strong="H6310"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H8193"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \add people\add* \w will|strong="H2450"\w* \w be|strong="H6310"\w* \w protected|strong="H8104"\w* \w by|strong="H8193"\w* \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w they|strong="H6310"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* [MTY].   
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\v 4 If \add a man has\add* no \w oxen|strong="H7794"\w* \add to plow his field\add*, he does not \add need to put\add* grain \add in their feedbox\add*,  
\q2 but if \add he has\add* \w oxen|strong="H7794"\w*, \w they|strong="H3581"\w* \w will|strong="H3581"\w* enable \add him to produce\add* an \w abundant|strong="H7230"\w* \w crop|strong="H8393"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Witnesses|strong="H5707"\w* \w who|strong="H5707"\w* \w are|strong="H3808"\w* reliable \add always\add* say what ◄\w is|strong="H3577"\w* true/really happened►,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w witnesses|strong="H5707"\w* \w who|strong="H5707"\w* \w are|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* reliable constantly tell \w lies|strong="H3577"\w* \add about what happened\add*.   
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\v 6 Those who \w make|strong="H7043"\w* fun \add of being wise\add* \w will|strong="H2451"\w* never become \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1245"\w* those who understand \add what is right\add* learn things easily.   
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\v 7 Stay \w away|strong="H3212"\w* \w from|strong="H3212"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w people|strong="H3045"\w*,  
\q2 because \w they|strong="H1077"\w* \w will|strong="H3684"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w be|strong="H8193"\w* able \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w teach|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* anything \add useful\add*.   
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\v 8 Those \w who|strong="H3684"\w* have good sense \w are|strong="H1870"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*, \w so|strong="H3684"\w* \w they|strong="H4820"\w* know \w what|strong="H1870"\w* \w they|strong="H4820"\w* should \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \add and what they should not do\add*;  
\q2 \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* people \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H1870"\w* know \w what|strong="H1870"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* right \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w*, \w but|strong="H1870"\w* \w because|strong="H1870"\w* \w they|strong="H4820"\w* think \w that|strong="H1870"\w* \w they|strong="H4820"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w*, \w they|strong="H4820"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* deceiving themselves.   
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\v 9 Foolish people make fun \w of|strong="H7522"\w* their committing sins;  
\q2 but God \w is|strong="H3477"\w* \w pleased|strong="H7522"\w* with those \w who|strong="H3477"\w* do \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w is|strong="H3477"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*.   
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\v 10 If \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w are|strong="H3045"\w* \w very|strong="H3045"\w* sad \w or|strong="H3808"\w* if \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w are|strong="H3045"\w* joyful, only \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w are|strong="H3045"\w* experiencing;  
\q2 \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w else|strong="H3808"\w* \add can\add* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w are|strong="H3045"\w* feeling.   
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\v 11 \w Houses|strong="H1004"\w* built \w by|strong="H7563"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H7563"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7563"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* built \w by|strong="H7563"\w* good/\w righteous|strong="H3477"\w* \add people\add* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* last \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* long time.   
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\v 12 \w There|strong="H3426"\w* \w are|strong="H3426"\w* some kinds \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w behavior|strong="H1870"\w* [MET] \w that|strong="H3426"\w* \add some\add* \w people|strong="H4194"\w* \add falsely\add* think \w are|strong="H3426"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1870"\w* ◄walking \w on|strong="H1870"\w* those \w roads|strong="H1870"\w*/continually \w doing|strong="H1870"\w* those things► causes \add those people\add* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w*.   
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\v 13  \add Sometimes\add* \w when|strong="H1571"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* laugh, \w they|strong="H1571"\w* \w are|strong="H1571"\w* \add really\add* \w sad|strong="H3510"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8057"\w* \w when|strong="H1571"\w* \w they|strong="H1571"\w* stop \w laughing|strong="H7814"\w*, \w they|strong="H1571"\w* \w are|strong="H1571"\w* \w still|strong="H1571"\w* \w sad|strong="H3510"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H2896"\w* stubbornly continue \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* wrong \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w get|strong="H7646"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* deserve,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H2896"\w* \w continually|strong="H7646"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \add also\add* \w get|strong="H7646"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* deserve.   
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\v 15 \w Foolish|strong="H6612"\w* people believe \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \add that people tell them\add*;  
\q2 \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* good sense think \w carefully|strong="H3605"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* result \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* actions.   
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\v 16 \w Wise|strong="H2450"\w* people \w are|strong="H2450"\w* careful \w and|strong="H2450"\w* \w avoid|strong="H5493"\w* \add doing things that will give them\add* \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w*;  
\q2 \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* people \w are|strong="H2450"\w* careless \w and|strong="H2450"\w* act ◄too quickly/\w without|strong="H5493"\w* thinking►.   
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\v 17 \w Those|strong="H8130"\w* \w who|strong="H7116"\w* quickly \w become|strong="H6213"\w* angry [IDM] \w do|strong="H6213"\w* foolish things;  
\q2 \add people\add* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w those|strong="H8130"\w* \w who|strong="H7116"\w* plan \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w wicked|strong="H6213"\w* things (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w those|strong="H8130"\w* \w who|strong="H7116"\w* \w have|strong="H8130"\w* good sense remain calm/patient).   
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\v 18 \w Foolish|strong="H6612"\w* people get \w what|strong="H1847"\w* they deserve \w for|strong="H5157"\w* doing \w foolish|strong="H6612"\w* things;  
\q2 those \w with|strong="H3803"\w* good sense \w are|strong="H6175"\w* rewarded [MET] \w by|strong="H5157"\w* being able \w to|strong="H1847"\w* learn \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot.   
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\v 19  \add Some day\add* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \add people\add* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* \w bow|strong="H7817"\w* \w down|strong="H7817"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people to show that they respect them\add*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \add will humbly stand\add* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \add the houses of\add* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people and request their help\add*.   
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\v 20  \add No one likes\add* \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* \add people\add*; \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w their|strong="H1571"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w*/\w neighbors|strong="H7453"\w* \w do|strong="H7326"\w* \w not|strong="H1571"\w* \w like|strong="H7227"\w* \w them|strong="H8130"\w*;  
\q2 \w rich|strong="H6223"\w* \add people\add* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w*, \w but|strong="H1571"\w* \add only while the rich people still have money\add*.   
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\v 21 It \w is|strong="H2398"\w* \w sinful|strong="H2398"\w* \w to|strong="H7453"\w* despise \w your|strong="H2603"\w* \add poor\add* \w neighbors|strong="H7453"\w*;  
\q2 \add God\add* \w is|strong="H2398"\w* pleased \w with|strong="H6041"\w* those \w who|strong="H6041"\w* do \w kind|strong="H7453"\w* things \w for|strong="H7453"\w* \w the|strong="H2398"\w* \w poor|strong="H6041"\w*.   
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\v 22 Those \w who|strong="H2896"\w* plan \w to|strong="H2896"\w* \w do|strong="H2790"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H7451"\w* \w are|strong="H2896"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*/\w wrong|strong="H7451"\w* \w are|strong="H2896"\w* walking \w on|strong="H7451"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w wrong|strong="H7451"\w* road;  
\q2 \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w faithfully|strong="H2617"\w* \w love|strong="H2617"\w*, respect \w and|strong="H2617"\w* \w are|strong="H2896"\w* \w loyal|strong="H2617"\w* \w to|strong="H2896"\w* those \w who|strong="H2896"\w* plan \w to|strong="H2896"\w* \w do|strong="H2790"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H2617"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H1697"\w* hard, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* ◄\w accomplish|strong="H1697"\w* \w something|strong="H1697"\w* good/get \w a|strong="H3068"\w* good income►,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w talk|strong="H1697"\w* \add and not work\add*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w remain|strong="H1961"\w* \w poor|strong="H4270"\w*.   
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\v 24 One \w of|strong="H5850"\w* the rewards [MET] \w of|strong="H5850"\w* \w being|strong="H6239"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w is|strong="H3684"\w* \w to|strong="H3684"\w* become \w rich|strong="H6239"\w*;  
\q2 the reward \w of|strong="H5850"\w* acting foolishly \w is|strong="H3684"\w* \w to|strong="H3684"\w* become \w more|strong="H2450"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w By|strong="H5337"\w* saying \add in court\add* what \w is|strong="H5315"\w* true, \w you|strong="H5315"\w* \add can\add* \w save|strong="H5337"\w* \w the|strong="H5337"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \add of the one who is being falsely accused\add*;  
\q2 if \w you|strong="H5315"\w* tell \w lies|strong="H3577"\w*, \w you|strong="H5315"\w* \w are|strong="H5315"\w* abandoning \w someone|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* needs \w your|strong="H5337"\w* help \add to defend him\add*.   
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\v 26 \w Those|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* revere \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* confident \add that he will protect them\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* family \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add also\add* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* protected.   
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\v 27 Having \w an|strong="H3068"\w* \w awesome|strong="H3374"\w* respect \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \add having\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fountain|strong="H4726"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* gives \w life|strong="H2416"\w*;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* help \w you|strong="H5493"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w escape|strong="H5493"\w* \w when|strong="H3068"\w* something dangerous \w is|strong="H3068"\w* threatening \w to|strong="H3068"\w* kill \w you|strong="H5493"\w* [MET].   
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\v 28 If \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w rules|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H4428"\w* \w many|strong="H7230"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w many|strong="H7230"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \add be able to\add* honor \w him|strong="H4428"\w*;  
\q2 if \w he|strong="H5971"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* only \w a|strong="H3068"\w* few \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H4428"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4428"\w*, \w he|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w very|strong="H7230"\w* little [HYP] power.   
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\v 29 Those \w who|strong="H7227"\w* do not quickly \w become|strong="H7311"\w* angry \w are|strong="H7227"\w* \w very|strong="H7227"\w* wise;  
\q2 \w by|strong="H7307"\w* quickly becoming angry, people show \w that|strong="H7307"\w* they \w are|strong="H7227"\w* foolish.   
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\v 30 Having \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w mind|strong="H3820"\w* \w that|strong="H2416"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* peaceful results \w in|strong="H1320"\w* having \w a|strong="H3068"\w* healthy \w body|strong="H1320"\w*;  
\q2 having \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w mind|strong="H3820"\w* \w that|strong="H2416"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \add often\add* \w in|strong="H1320"\w* turmoil \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \add like\add* [MET] cancer \w in|strong="H1320"\w* \add a person’s\add* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w Those|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H1800"\w* \w oppress|strong="H6231"\w* \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* people \w are|strong="H6213"\w* insulting God, \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H1800"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w those|strong="H6213"\w* \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* people,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3513"\w* acting kindly \w toward|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H6213"\w* respecting God.   
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\v 32 \w Wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* \w ruin|strong="H7451"\w* \w themselves|strong="H7451"\w* \w by|strong="H7451"\w* \w the|strong="H4194"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H7451"\w* \w they|strong="H7451"\w* do,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7563"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*/good \add people\add* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* kept safe/protected even when \w they|strong="H7451"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, because \w of|strong="H4194"\w* \w their|strong="H7563"\w* continually \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w is|strong="H7563"\w* \w right|strong="H6662"\w*).   
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\v 33 Those \w who|strong="H3045"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* good \w sense|strong="H3820"\w* always \w think|strong="H3820"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*;  
\q2 \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* do \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* anything \w about|strong="H3045"\w* being \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*.   
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\v 34  \add When\add* \w the|strong="H7311"\w* \w people|strong="H3816"\w* \w of|strong="H2403"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \add continually act\add* \w righteously|strong="H6666"\w*, \w it|strong="H6666"\w* causes \w that|strong="H1471"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* great;  
\q2 \add continually doing what is\add* evil causes \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* disgraced.   
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\v 35 \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w are|strong="H5650"\w* \w pleased|strong="H7522"\w* \w with|strong="H4428"\w* \w officials|strong="H5650"\w* \w who|strong="H5650"\w* do \w their|strong="H1961"\w* work competently/skillfully,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H7522"\w* punish [MTY] \w those|strong="H1961"\w* \w who|strong="H5650"\w* \add do their work in a manner that\add* causes \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* disgraced.   
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\v 1 \w When|strong="H7725"\w* people \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w angry|strong="H2534"\w* \w with|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w*, \w reply|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* gently, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* calm \w them|strong="H7725"\w*;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7725"\w* if \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w reply|strong="H7725"\w* harshly \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w causes|strong="H1697"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w become|strong="H7725"\w* \w more|strong="H7725"\w* \w angry|strong="H2534"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w When|strong="H6310"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \add people\add* \w speak|strong="H6310"\w* [MTY], \w it|strong="H3190"\w* causes \w those|strong="H2450"\w* \w who|strong="H2450"\w* hear \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w they|strong="H6310"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* \w to|strong="H6310"\w* want \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \w know|strong="H1847"\w* \w more|strong="H3190"\w*;  
\q2 \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* people continually \w say|strong="H6310"\w* [MTY] \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w is|strong="H6310"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* sees [MTY] \add what is happening\add* \w everywhere|strong="H3605"\w*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3068"\w* observes \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* \add people do\add* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w well|strong="H2896"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \add people do\add*.   
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\v 4 Those \w who|strong="H2416"\w* speak [MTY] kindly \w to|strong="H7307"\w* people are \add like\add* [MET] \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \add whose fruit gives\add* \w life|strong="H2416"\w*;  
\q2 speaking what \w is|strong="H7307"\w* false causes people \w to|strong="H7307"\w* ◄despair/feel very discouraged►.   
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\v 5 Foolish children \w despise|strong="H5006"\w* \w their|strong="H8104"\w* parents when \w their|strong="H8104"\w* parents correct/\w discipline|strong="H4148"\w* \w them|strong="H8104"\w*;  
\q2 wise children accept \w it|strong="H8104"\w*.   
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\v 6 There \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* valuable \w things|strong="H7227"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H1004"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add*;  
\q2 \w the|strong="H1004"\w* \w wealth|strong="H2633"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* causes them \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w have|strong="H7563"\w* \w troubles|strong="H5916"\w*/difficulties.   
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\v 7 \w What|strong="H1847"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \add people\add* teach [MTY] causes others \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w know|strong="H1847"\w* much \w more|strong="H3651"\w*,  
\q2 \add but\add* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* teach others \w what|strong="H1847"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* useful.   
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\v 8 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* detests \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* offered \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add*;  
\q2 \w what|strong="H3477"\w* delights/\w pleases|strong="H7522"\w* \w him|strong="H3068"\w* very much \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w prayers|strong="H8605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w righteous|strong="H3477"\w*/\w good|strong="H7522"\w* \add people\add*.   
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\v 9 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* hates/detests \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w behavior|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7563"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* loves \w those|strong="H7291"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* always \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1870"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6666"\w*/\w just|strong="H6666"\w*/fair.   
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\v 10 \w Those|strong="H8130"\w* \w who|strong="H8130"\w* do \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w is|strong="H7451"\w* \w wrong|strong="H7451"\w* \w will|strong="H5800"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* severely punished;  
\q2 \w those|strong="H8130"\w* \w who|strong="H8130"\w* do \w not|strong="H4191"\w* want \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* corrected \w will|strong="H5800"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* knows \add what is happening in\add* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* place where dead \w people|strong="H1121"\w* [DOU] \w are|strong="H1121"\w*,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* knows [RHQ] \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* thinking.   
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\v 12 Some \w people|strong="H3808"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* corrected;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \add people to seek good advice from them\add*.   
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\v 13 When \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w are|strong="H6440"\w* \w happy|strong="H8056"\w*, \w they|strong="H6440"\w* have smiles \w on|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w faces|strong="H6440"\w*;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3820"\w* when \w they|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H6440"\w* \w sad|strong="H6094"\w*, \add by looking at their faces we can see that\add* \w they|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H6440"\w* \w sad|strong="H6094"\w*.   
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\v 14 Those \w who|strong="H7462"\w* \w have|strong="H7462"\w* \w good|strong="H6440"\w* \w sense|strong="H3820"\w* \w want|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* learn more;  
\q2 \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* [MTY] \w are|strong="H6440"\w* very satisfied \w with|strong="H6440"\w* being \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w*/ignorant.   
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\v 15 \w Those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w oppressed|strong="H6041"\w* \w constantly|strong="H8548"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* difficulties,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3117"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, if \w they|strong="H3117"\w*) \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w happy|strong="H2896"\w*, \add it is as though\add* [MET] \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* having \w a|strong="H3068"\w* big \w feast|strong="H4960"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w Being|strong="H3068"\w* poor \w and|strong="H3068"\w* revering \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*  
\q2 \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w being|strong="H3068"\w* rich \w and|strong="H3068"\w* having \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H3068"\w* troubles.   
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\v 17 Eating meals \w with|strong="H8033"\w* \add people whom you\add* love \w and|strong="H8033"\w* having only \w vegetables|strong="H3419"\w* \w to|strong="H8033"\w* eat  
\q2 \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w than|strong="H2896"\w* eating \w with|strong="H8033"\w* \add people who\add* \w hate|strong="H8135"\w* \add each other and\add* having lots \w of|strong="H2896"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* meat \add to eat\add*.   
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\v 18 Those who quickly become \w angry|strong="H2534"\w* \w cause|strong="H7379"\w* arguments/quarreling,  
\q2 but those who do not quickly become \w angry|strong="H2534"\w* \w cause|strong="H7379"\w* people \w to|strong="H2534"\w* act peacefully.   
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\v 19 \w Lazy|strong="H6102"\w* people constantly \add have difficulties\add* [MET]; \add it is as though they are\add* walking \w through|strong="H1870"\w* \w thorns|strong="H2312"\w*;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1870"\w* those \w who|strong="H3477"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* honest \w and|strong="H1870"\w* hard-working \add will have few difficulties; it is as though they are walking\add* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* level \w highway|strong="H1870"\w* [MET].   
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\v 20 \w Children|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* cause their parents \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w happy|strong="H8055"\w*;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* despise their parents.   
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\v 21 Foolish \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w are|strong="H3820"\w* \w happy|strong="H8057"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \add continually\add* act foolishly;  
\q2 those \w who|strong="H2638"\w* have \w good|strong="H3474"\w* \w sense|strong="H3820"\w* do what \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w right|strong="H3474"\w*.   
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\v 22 If \w there|strong="H7230"\w* \w is|strong="H4284"\w* \w no|strong="H6965"\w* one \w to|strong="H6965"\w* \w give|strong="H3289"\w* us \w good|strong="H6965"\w* \w advice|strong="H3289"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* will \w not|strong="H6965"\w* \w accomplish|strong="H6965"\w* \w what|strong="H4284"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H4284"\w* \w planning|strong="H3289"\w* \w to|strong="H6965"\w* \w do|strong="H6565"\w*;  
\q2 but \w when|strong="H7230"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* have \w many|strong="H7230"\w* \add good\add* advisors, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* will \w succeed|strong="H6965"\w*.   
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\v 23 People \w rejoice|strong="H8057"\w* \w when|strong="H6256"\w* \w they|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* able \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w reply|strong="H1697"\w* \w well|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* others \w have|strong="H1697"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w them|strong="H1697"\w*;  
\q2 \add truly\add*, \w it|strong="H6256"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* \w delightful|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* able \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* \w the|strong="H1697"\w* \w right|strong="H2896"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w at|strong="H2896"\w* \w the|strong="H1697"\w* \w right|strong="H2896"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w Wise|strong="H7919"\w* people walk \w on|strong="H4605"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* road \w that|strong="H4616"\w* \w leads|strong="H2416"\w* \w up|strong="H4605"\w* \w to|strong="H4616"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* long \w life|strong="H2416"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H5493"\w* \w do|strong="H5493"\w* not walk \w on|strong="H4605"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* road \w that|strong="H4616"\w* \w leads|strong="H2416"\w* \w down|strong="H4295"\w* \w to|strong="H4616"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* place where dead people \w are|strong="H7585"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* tears \w down|strong="H5255"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w proud|strong="H1343"\w* \add people\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* protects \w the|strong="H3068"\w* property \w of|strong="H1004"\w* widows.   
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\v 26 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* detests \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \add people\add* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* thinking \add about doing\add*;  
\q2 \add but\add* \w when|strong="H3068"\w* people say \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* kind, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* considers those words \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w pure|strong="H2889"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w Those|strong="H8130"\w* \w who|strong="H8130"\w* try \w hard|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w get|strong="H1214"\w* money \w by|strong="H1214"\w* acting dishonestly cause \w trouble|strong="H5916"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* their \w family|strong="H1004"\w*;  
\q2 \w those|strong="H8130"\w* \w who|strong="H8130"\w* refuse \w to|strong="H1004"\w* accept \w bribes|strong="H4979"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \add for a long time\add*.   
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\v 28 \w Righteous|strong="H6662"\w*/Good \add people\add* \w think|strong="H3820"\w* carefully \w before|strong="H6662"\w* \w they|strong="H6310"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \add what others ask them\add*;  
\q2 \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* very quickly \w say|strong="H6310"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w does|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H8085"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* [MTY] \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people request him to do\add*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w listens|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add* \w when|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w pray|strong="H8605"\w*.   
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\v 30 If \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* smile \w on|strong="H5869"\w* \w their|strong="H3820"\w* faces, \w it|strong="H8055"\w* \w makes|strong="H8055"\w* \w them|strong="H8055"\w*/others \w happy|strong="H8055"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \add when people hear\add* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w news|strong="H8052"\w*, \w it|strong="H8055"\w* refreshes \w their|strong="H3820"\w* \w spirits|strong="H3820"\w* [MTY].   
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\v 31 If \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w when|strong="H8085"\w* \add people\add* correct/warn \w them|strong="H8085"\w*,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H2450"\w* become \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*.   
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\v 32 If \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w refuse|strong="H3988"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \add when others try\add* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* correct \w them|strong="H8085"\w*, \w they|strong="H5315"\w* \w are|strong="H5315"\w* \w despising|strong="H3988"\w*/hurting \w themselves|strong="H5315"\w*;  
\q2 \w those|strong="H8085"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* ◄\w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H3820"\w*/\w heed|strong="H8085"\w*► \w when|strong="H8085"\w* \add others\add* warn \w them|strong="H8085"\w* ◄become wiser/\w acquire|strong="H7069"\w* good \w sense|strong="H3820"\w*►.   
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\v 33 If \w you|strong="H6440"\w* revere \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* learn how \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H3519"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3068"\w* \add only\add* after \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w become|strong="H3519"\w* humble \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add people\add* \w honor|strong="H3519"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w People|strong="H3820"\w* plan what \w they|strong="H3068"\w* want \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3820"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* decides [MTY] what really \w will|strong="H3068"\w* happen.   
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\v 2 \w People|strong="H5869"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w think|strong="H5869"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w actions|strong="H1870"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w right|strong="H8505"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1870"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* really knows why \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1870"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 3 ◄Request/Rely \w on|strong="H3068"\w*► \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w direct|strong="H3559"\w* \w what|strong="H4639"\w* \w you|strong="H1556"\w* \w plan|strong="H4284"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*;  
\q2 \add if you do that\add*, \w you|strong="H1556"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* succeed \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H4639"\w* \w you|strong="H1556"\w* \w plan|strong="H4284"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* knows why \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w does|strong="H6466"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w does|strong="H6466"\w*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* prepared \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* punish \w them|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* hates/detests \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w proud|strong="H1362"\w* [IDM];  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* certain [IDM] \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* punished [LIT].   
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\v 6 \w Be|strong="H3068"\w* \w loyal|strong="H2617"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w faithfully|strong="H2617"\w* \add obey\add* \w him|strong="H3722"\w*; if \w you|strong="H3722"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w forgive|strong="H3722"\w* \w you|strong="H3722"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* having sinned.  
\q2 If \w we|strong="H3068"\w* revere \w him|strong="H3722"\w*, nothing \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* happen \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H7451"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* prevent \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* happening \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H7451"\w*).   
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\v 7 \w When|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w behavior|strong="H1870"\w* pleases \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* causes \w our|strong="H3068"\w* enemies \w to|strong="H3068"\w* act peacefully \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* us.   
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\v 8 \w It|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H2896"\w* \w have|strong="H4592"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w small|strong="H4592"\w* \w amount|strong="H7230"\w* \w of|strong="H7230"\w* money \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* earned honestly  
\q2 \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H2896"\w* \w have|strong="H4592"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H7230"\w* money \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* acquired dishonestly.   
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\v 9 \w People|strong="H3820"\w* \w plan|strong="H2803"\w* \w what|strong="H3559"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* want \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1870"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w directs|strong="H3559"\w*/determines \w what|strong="H3559"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add really\add* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* able \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 10  \add If\add* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* directs \w what|strong="H4941"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w says|strong="H6310"\w*,  
\q2 \w what|strong="H4941"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* decides \w is|strong="H4428"\w* \add always\add* \w right|strong="H4941"\w*/fair.   
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\v 11 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* wants us \w to|strong="H3068"\w* use \w scales|strong="H3976"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* correct;  
\q2 \w the|strong="H3605"\w* weights \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w bag|strong="H3599"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* correct, \add because\add* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H4639"\w* \w them|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* detest \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7562"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \add it is people doing what\add* \w is|strong="H4428"\w* fair/\w right|strong="H6666"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* causes \w their|strong="H3588"\w* governments \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* [MTY] strong.   
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\v 13 \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w are|strong="H4428"\w* delighted \w to|strong="H1696"\w* hear \w people|strong="H1696"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* [MTY] \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w is|strong="H3477"\w* true;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H7522"\w* love \w those|strong="H1696"\w* \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w is|strong="H3477"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*/\w honest|strong="H6664"\w*.   
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\v 14 If \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* becomes \w angry|strong="H2534"\w*, \w he|strong="H4397"\w* \add may\add* command \w that|strong="H4397"\w* someone \w be|strong="H4428"\w* executed,  
\q2 \add so\add* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w people|strong="H4194"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \add try to\add* cause \w him|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H4397"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* calm.   
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\v 15 If \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* smile [MTY] \w on|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, \w he|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* enable people \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w have|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add long\add* \w life|strong="H2416"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w he|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H6440"\w* order people \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* executed);  
\q2 \w his|strong="H6440"\w* being \w pleased|strong="H7522"\w* \add with people\add* \w is|strong="H4428"\w* \add as delightful\add* \w as|strong="H6440"\w* \w rain|strong="H4456"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* springtime \add when seeds are planted\add*.   
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\v 16 Becoming \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w than|strong="H2896"\w* aquiring \w gold|strong="H2742"\w*;  
\q2 getting \w good|strong="H2896"\w* understanding/insight \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w than|strong="H2896"\w* acquiring \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Those|strong="H5315"\w* whose \w behavior|strong="H1870"\w* [MET] \w is|strong="H5315"\w* good/\w right|strong="H3477"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*;  
\q2 \w those|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w guard|strong="H8104"\w* \w their|strong="H8104"\w* \w conduct|strong="H1870"\w* [MTY] \w protect|strong="H8104"\w* \w their|strong="H8104"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*.   
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\v 18 Being \w proud|strong="H1347"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* ◄lead \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* having/cause \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* have► disasters;  
\q2 despising others \w will|strong="H7307"\w* result \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* being ruined.   
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\v 19 \w It|strong="H7998"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H2896"\w* \w be|strong="H7307"\w* \w humble|strong="H8217"\w* \w and|strong="H6041"\w* \w poor|strong="H6041"\w*  
\q2 \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \add to associate with\add* \w proud|strong="H1343"\w* \add people\add* \w and|strong="H6041"\w* \add to become rich by\add* \w dividing|strong="H2505"\w* \w with|strong="H6041"\w* \w them|strong="H7307"\w* ◄\w plunder|strong="H7998"\w*/\w goods|strong="H2896"\w* captured \w in|strong="H2896"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* battle►.   
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\v 20 \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w heed|strong="H7919"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* teaching/\w instruction|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w prosper|strong="H7919"\w*;  
\q2 \w happy|strong="H2896"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* trust \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w People|strong="H3820"\w* \w say|strong="H3254"\w* \w that|strong="H7121"\w* \w those|strong="H2450"\w* \w who|strong="H2450"\w* \w are|strong="H2450"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* learn what \w is|strong="H3820"\w* right/good behavior,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3820"\w* \w those|strong="H2450"\w* \w who|strong="H2450"\w* \w talk|strong="H8193"\w* pleasantly \add are able to\add* \w influence|strong="H3820"\w* others \add to do what is right\add*.   
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\v 22 Being \w wise|strong="H7922"\w* \w is|strong="H1167"\w* \add like having\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fountain|strong="H4726"\w* \w that|strong="H2416"\w* gives \w life|strong="H2416"\w* [MET],  
\q2 but foolish people are punished as \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result \w of|strong="H1167"\w* their acting foolishly.   
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\v 23 \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H2450"\w* \w are|strong="H2450"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w think|strong="H3820"\w* carefully \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w talk|strong="H8193"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6310"\w* \w as|strong="H3254"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H2450"\w* able \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w influence|strong="H3820"\w*/persuade others \add to do what is right\add*.   
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\v 24 Kind words \w are|strong="H6106"\w* \w like|strong="H5315"\w* \w honey|strong="H1706"\w* [SIM]:  
\q2 \w We|strong="H5315"\w* enjoy \w them|strong="H4832"\w* both, \w and|strong="H5315"\w* both cause our bodies \w to|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H5315"\w* healthy/strong.   
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\v 25 \w There|strong="H3426"\w* \w are|strong="H3426"\w* some kinds \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w behavior|strong="H1870"\w* [MET] \w that|strong="H3426"\w* \w people|strong="H4194"\w* think \w are|strong="H3426"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1870"\w* ◄walking \w on|strong="H1870"\w* those \w roads|strong="H1870"\w* [MET]/continually \w doing|strong="H1870"\w* those things► causes those \w people|strong="H4194"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* worker ◄\w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w an|strong="H3588"\w* \w appetite|strong="H5315"\w*/\w is|strong="H5315"\w* hungry►, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* urges \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w work|strong="H5998"\w* \w hard|strong="H5998"\w*  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* [SYN] wants \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \add earn money to buy things to\add* \w eat|strong="H6310"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w Worthless|strong="H1100"\w* people plan \add ways to cause\add* \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w* \add for others\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7451"\w* \add even\add* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* say \add injures people\add* \w like|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* hot fire does [SIM].   
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\v 28 Deceitful people cause \w strife|strong="H4066"\w*/quarreling among other people;  
\q2 those who say false \w things|strong="H8419"\w* about other people cause people who are \w friends|strong="H6504"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* become enemies.   
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\v 29 Those \w who|strong="H2896"\w* act violently \w entice|strong="H6601"\w*/encourage others \add to also act violently\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w lead|strong="H3212"\w* \w them|strong="H1870"\w* \w along|strong="H3212"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* end \w in|strong="H3212"\w* disaster.   
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\v 30 \w People|strong="H5869"\w* \add sometimes\add* show \w with|strong="H5869"\w* \add one of\add* \w their|strong="H3615"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \add to signal to their friends that they are\add* \w planning|strong="H2803"\w* \w to|strong="H2803"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w* something \w to|strong="H2803"\w* \w harm|strong="H7451"\w* \add others\add*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H7451"\w* smirk \w when|strong="H3615"\w* \w they|strong="H7451"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* about \w to|strong="H2803"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w* something \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w Gray|strong="H7872"\w* \w hair|strong="H7872"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w glorious|strong="H8597"\w* \w crown|strong="H5850"\w* [\w MET|strong="H4672"\w*]  
\q2 \w that|strong="H1870"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* given \w to|strong="H1870"\w* people \w who|strong="H4672"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* always behaved \w righteously|strong="H6666"\w*.   
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\v 32 Those \w who|strong="H2896"\w* do \w not|strong="H5892"\w* become angry quickly \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w than|strong="H2896"\w* those \w who|strong="H2896"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w powerful|strong="H1368"\w*;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H3920"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H5892"\w* ◄\w control|strong="H4910"\w* your \w temper|strong="H7307"\w*/keep yourself \w from|strong="H7307"\w* becoming \w very|strong="H2896"\w* angry► \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H5892"\w* conquer \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 33 People ◄\w cast|strong="H2904"\w* \w lots|strong="H1486"\w*/\w throw|strong="H2904"\w* marked stones► \add to decide what should be done\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* truly decides \w what|strong="H4941"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* happen.   
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\v 1 \w It|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \add to eat\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dry|strong="H2720"\w* \w piece|strong="H6595"\w* \add of bread\add* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* not \w have|strong="H1004"\w* \w strife|strong="H7379"\w*/\w quarrels|strong="H7379"\w*  
\q2 \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w have|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* big feast \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \add everyone\add* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* quarreling.   
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\v 2 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w slave|strong="H5650"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w acts|strong="H7919"\w* \w wisely|strong="H7919"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \add some day\add* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* boss \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H8432"\w* \w master|strong="H4910"\w*’s disgraceful \w son|strong="H1121"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H8432"\w* \w master|strong="H4910"\w* dies, \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w slave|strong="H5650"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* receive \w part|strong="H2505"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H8432"\w* \w master|strong="H4910"\w*’s possessions.   
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\v 3  \add Workers put\add* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* very hot \w furnace|strong="H3564"\w* \add to burn out what is impure\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add similarly\add* examines people’s inner beings \add to see if they are pure\add*.   
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\v 4 \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H7489"\w* \w do|strong="H7489"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3956"\w* \w evil|strong="H7489"\w* \w pay|strong="H7181"\w* \w attention|strong="H7181"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* people \w who|strong="H7489"\w* say [MTY] \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3956"\w* \w evil|strong="H7489"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7181"\w* \w liars|strong="H8267"\w* \w pay|strong="H7181"\w* \w attention|strong="H7181"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \add other people’s\add* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Those|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H8056"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* fun \w of|strong="H6213"\w* \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* \add people\add* \w insult|strong="H2778"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*, \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H8056"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* \add people\add*,  
\q2 \add and\add* \w those|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H8056"\w* \w are|strong="H6213"\w* \w happy|strong="H8056"\w* \w when|strong="H6213"\w* \add someone else has\add* troubles \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w certainly|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* punished [LIT] \add by God\add*.   
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\v 6 \w Old|strong="H1121"\w* \add people\add* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \add usually\add* proud \w of|strong="H1121"\w* [MET] their \w grandchildren|strong="H1121"\w*,  
\q2 \add just like\add* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \add usually\add* proud \w of|strong="H1121"\w* their parents.   
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\v 7 Fine/Eloquent \w speech|strong="H8193"\w* \w is|strong="H8193"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* suitable \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w foolish|strong="H5036"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* say,  
\q2 just \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w* \w are|strong="H8193"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* suitable \w for|strong="H3588"\w* rulers \add to say\add*.   
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\v 8 \w People|strong="H5869"\w* \w think|strong="H5869"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bribe|strong="H7810"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H5869"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* magic stone \add to persuade someone to do what they want him to do\add*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w think|strong="H5869"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w bribe|strong="H7810"\w*, \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w person|strong="H1167"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w* \w whatever|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* want \w him|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H5869"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w*.   
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\v 9 If \w you|strong="H1245"\w* \w want|strong="H1245"\w* people \w to|strong="H1245"\w* \w like|strong="H1697"\w*/love \w you|strong="H1245"\w*, \w forgive|strong="H6588"\w* \w them|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H1245"\w* \w the|strong="H3680"\w* wrong \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H1697"\w* \w do|strong="H8138"\w* \w to|strong="H1245"\w* \w you|strong="H1245"\w*.  
\q2 If \w you|strong="H1245"\w* continue \w to|strong="H1245"\w* remind \w them|strong="H1697"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* those wrong \w things|strong="H1697"\w*, \w they|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* no longer \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w your|strong="H1245"\w* \w friends|strong="H6504"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Rebuking|strong="H1606"\w* people \w who|strong="H5221"\w* have good sense \w will|strong="H3684"\w* accomplish more \w for|strong="H3684"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*  
\q2 than hitting \w them|strong="H5221"\w* 100 \w times|strong="H3967"\w* \add with a stick\add*.   
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\v 11  \add Because\add* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* people \w are|strong="H1245"\w* always trying \w to|strong="H7971"\w* cause \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w*,  
\q2 someone \w will|strong="H4397"\w* \w be|strong="H7451"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* severely punish \w them|strong="H7971"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* mother \w bear|strong="H1677"\w* whose \w cubs|strong="H7909"\w* \w have|strong="H6298"\w* been taken away from \w her|strong="H7909"\w* \w is|strong="H3684"\w* dangerous,  
\q2 but it \w is|strong="H3684"\w* more dangerous \w to|strong="H3684"\w* confront \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* person \w who|strong="H3684"\w* \w is|strong="H3684"\w* doing something \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w*.   
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\v 13 If someone \w does|strong="H3808"\w* something \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w for|strong="H8478"\w* something \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w being|strong="H1004"\w* \w done|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w*,  
\q2 \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*/\w trouble|strong="H7451"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w leave|strong="H4185"\w* \w that|strong="H7451"\w* person’s \w family|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Starting|strong="H7225"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w quarrel|strong="H7379"\w* \w is|strong="H6440"\w* \w like|strong="H6440"\w* allowing \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* start \w to|strong="H6440"\w* leak \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* dam;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H6440"\w* both need \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w be|strong="H4325"\w* stopped \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w they|strong="H6440"\w* get \w worse|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w There|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w things|strong="H8441"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* hates:  
\q2 ◄\w Condemning|strong="H7561"\w* \w innocent|strong="H6663"\w* \add people\add*/Saying \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* done nothing \w wrong|strong="H7563"\w* \w must|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* punished►,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* declaring \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* done \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w things|strong="H8441"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* punished.   
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\v 16 \w It|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* useless \w to|strong="H3820"\w* allow \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* [RHQ] \w to|strong="H3820"\w* try \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w become|strong="H3027"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* paying \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w it|strong="H4100"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3027"\w* \w they|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w enough|strong="H3027"\w* \w good|strong="H4100"\w* \w sense|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w become|strong="H3027"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Friends|strong="H7453"\w* love \add others\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6256"\w* relatives \w are|strong="H6869"\w* able \w to|strong="H6256"\w* help us \w when|strong="H6256"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w troubles|strong="H6869"\w*.   
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\v 18  \add If someone borrows money from another person\add*, \w it|strong="H6440"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* foolish \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* promise [IDM] \w that|strong="H3820"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* pay \w the|strong="H6440"\w* money back  
\q2 if \w that|strong="H3820"\w* \w other|strong="H7453"\w* \w person|strong="H6440"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* unable \w to|strong="H3820"\w* pay back \w the|strong="H6440"\w* money \w that|strong="H3820"\w* \w he|strong="H6440"\w* borrowed.   
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\v 19 Those who \w like|strong="H6588"\w* \w to|strong="H1245"\w* \w sin|strong="H6588"\w* \add also\add* \w like|strong="H6588"\w* \w to|strong="H1245"\w* cause \w strife|strong="H4683"\w*/trouble;  
\q2 \add and\add* those who \w build|strong="H1361"\w* fancy \w doors|strong="H6607"\w* \w in|strong="H6607"\w* \w their|strong="H1245"\w* houses \add to show that they are very wealthy\add* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, speak proudly) \w are|strong="H6588"\w* inviting \w disaster|strong="H7667"\w*.   
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\v 20 Those \w who|strong="H2896"\w* ◄\w have|strong="H4672"\w* \w perverse|strong="H6141"\w* \w minds|strong="H3820"\w*/\w are|strong="H2896"\w* always thinking \w about|strong="H2015"\w* \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w*► \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* prosper,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2896"\w* \w disasters|strong="H4672"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w happen|strong="H4672"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* those \w who|strong="H2896"\w* always tell lies.   
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\v 21 \w Children|strong="H3205"\w* \w who|strong="H3205"\w* \w are|strong="H3808"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \add soon\add* cause \w their|strong="H3808"\w* parents \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w very|strong="H8055"\w* sad;  
\q2 \w their|strong="H3808"\w* parents \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w joyful|strong="H8055"\w* \w at|strong="H3808"\w* all.   
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\v 22 Being \w cheerful|strong="H3190"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \add like swallowing\add* \w good|strong="H3190"\w* \w medicine|strong="H1456"\w*;  
\q2 being discouraged/gloomy \add all the time will\add* ◄drain \w away|strong="H3001"\w* \w your|strong="H3190"\w* energy/cause \w you|strong="H3190"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w become|strong="H3001"\w* weak► [MTY].   
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\v 23 \w Wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w*/judges \w accept|strong="H3947"\w* \w bribes|strong="H7810"\w* \w that|strong="H7563"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* given \w to|strong="H4941"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w* \w secretly|strong="H2436"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w as|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result \w they|strong="H3947"\w* do \w not|strong="H5186"\w* \w decide|strong="H4941"\w* \w matters|strong="H4941"\w* \w justly|strong="H4941"\w*/\w fairly|strong="H4941"\w*.   
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\v 24 Those \w who|strong="H3684"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w good|strong="H5869"\w* sense determine \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w* what \w is|strong="H2451"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*,  
\q2 but \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* always thinking about many different things \add and never decide what they should do\add*.   
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\v 25 \w Children|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* cause their \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* sad  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add also\add* cause their mother \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* very sorrowful.   
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\v 26 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w right|strong="H6662"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* force someone \w who|strong="H2896"\w* \w has|strong="H1571"\w* done \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* wrong \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w pay|strong="H6064"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fine|strong="H2896"\w*;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* wrong \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w punish|strong="H5221"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*/respected \w people|strong="H3808"\w*.   
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\v 27 Those \w who|strong="H3045"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* good sense do \w not|strong="H3045"\w* talk \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3045"\w* those \w who|strong="H3045"\w* ◄control \w their|strong="H3045"\w* tempers/\w keep|strong="H2820"\w* \w themselves|strong="H3045"\w* \w from|strong="H7307"\w* becoming \w very|strong="H3045"\w* angry► \w are|strong="H3045"\w* \add truly\add* wise.   
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\v 28 \w People|strong="H1571"\w* \add may\add* \w think|strong="H2803"\w* \w that|strong="H1571"\w* foolish \w people|strong="H1571"\w* \w who|strong="H2450"\w* \w do|strong="H2790"\w* \w not|strong="H1571"\w* say anything \w are|strong="H2450"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*;  
\q2 if foolish \w people|strong="H1571"\w* ◄\w do|strong="H2790"\w* \w not|strong="H1571"\w* say anything/\w keep|strong="H2790"\w* \w their|strong="H1571"\w* mouths shut►, others \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w think|strong="H2803"\w* \w that|strong="H1571"\w* \w they|strong="H1571"\w* \w are|strong="H2450"\w* \add very\add* intelligent.   
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\v 1 \w Those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w separate|strong="H6504"\w* \w themselves|strong="H6504"\w* \add from other people\add* think \add only\add* \w about|strong="H1245"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1245"\w* interested \w in|strong="H3605"\w*;  
\q2 \add if they would continually associate with\add* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* good judgment/sense, \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* constantly disagree/\w quarrel|strong="H1566"\w* \w with|strong="H3605"\w* \w them|strong="H6504"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w Foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H2654"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w understand|strong="H8394"\w* \add anything\add*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w want|strong="H2654"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* ◄express \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \add own\add* opinions/say \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w think|strong="H3820"\w*► [IDM].   
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\v 3 Whenever \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w do|strong="H7036"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w things|strong="H5973"\w*, others \w will|strong="H1571"\w* despise them;  
\q2 \w when|strong="H1571"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w do|strong="H7036"\w* \w things|strong="H5973"\w* \w that|strong="H1571"\w* cause themselves \w to|strong="H5973"\w* \w no|strong="H7563"\w* \add longer\add* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* honored, \w they|strong="H1571"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* disgraced \add also\add*.   
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\v 4 \w What|strong="H1697"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* people \w say|strong="H6310"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w deep|strong="H6013"\w* \w ocean|strong="H4325"\w* \add that you can never get to the bottom of\add* [MET],  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2451"\w* \w it|strong="H4325"\w* \add refreshes us like water from\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* rapidly \w flowing|strong="H5158"\w* \w stream|strong="H5158"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w It|strong="H5186"\w* \w is|strong="H7563"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \add for a judge\add* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w decide|strong="H4941"\w* \w matters|strong="H4941"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w favor|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w those|strong="H5375"\w* \w who|strong="H2896"\w* ◄\w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w guilty|strong="H7563"\w*/\w have|strong="H7563"\w* done \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w*►  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* do \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H7563"\w* \w just|strong="H6662"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w those|strong="H5375"\w* \w who|strong="H2896"\w* ◄\w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w innocent|strong="H6662"\w*/\w have|strong="H7563"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* done \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H7563"\w* \w wrong|strong="H7563"\w*►.   
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\v 6 \w When|strong="H6310"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* people [SYN] start arguments,  
\q2 \add it is as though\add* \w they|strong="H6310"\w* [SYN] \w are|strong="H8193"\w* requesting/inviting someone \w to|strong="H7121"\w* flog/whip \w them|strong="H7121"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w What|strong="H6310"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* [MTY] \w say|strong="H6310"\w* causes them \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \w be|strong="H5315"\w* ruined;  
\q2 their \add own\add* \w words|strong="H8193"\w* \w are|strong="H8193"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w trap|strong="H4170"\w* [MET] \add that catches/seizes\add* them.   
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\v 8  \add People enjoy listening to\add* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* gossips \w say|strong="H1697"\w* \w like|strong="H3381"\w* [SIM] \add they enjoy\add* tasty food;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \add accept what gossips tell them like\add* [MET] \w they|strong="H1992"\w* swallow tasty food.   
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\v 9 \w People|strong="H1571"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H1571"\w* \w lazy|strong="H7503"\w* \w while|strong="H1931"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w*  
\q2 \w are|strong="H1571"\w* \add just as bad\add* \w as|strong="H1571"\w* [IDM] \w those|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* things.   
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\v 10 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* [MTY] \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w strong|strong="H5797"\w* \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* [MET];  
\q2 \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* people \add can\add* \w go|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H8034"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w safe|strong="H7682"\w* \add like they can run to a tower to be safe\add*.   
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\v 11 \w Rich|strong="H6223"\w* people \add are protected because they have\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H2346"\w* money [PRS]  
\q2 \w like|strong="H2346"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H7151"\w* is protected because it \w has|strong="H7151"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w high|strong="H7682"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* surrounding it [SIM].   
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\v 12 \w Proud|strong="H1361"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w are|strong="H6440"\w* \w on|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* road \w to|strong="H3820"\w* being ruined,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3820"\w* being humble leads \w to|strong="H3820"\w* being \w honored|strong="H3519"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Those|strong="H8085"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w reply|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* someone \w before|strong="H2962"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* person \w has|strong="H1697"\w* finished \w speaking|strong="H1697"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* foolish;  
\q2 doing \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* disgraceful.   
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\v 14 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w desire|strong="H5375"\w* \w to|strong="H7307"\w* \add continue to\add* live \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w sustain|strong="H3557"\w* \w someone|strong="H4310"\w* \w when|strong="H5375"\w* \w he|strong="H7307"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* sick;  
\q2 if \w he|strong="H7307"\w* loses \w that|strong="H4310"\w* \w desire|strong="H5375"\w*, \w he|strong="H7307"\w* ◄cannot \w endure|strong="H3557"\w* \w it|strong="H5375"\w*/\w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w become|strong="H5375"\w* very discouraged► \w when|strong="H5375"\w* \w he|strong="H7307"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* sick [RHQ].   
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\v 15 Intelligent \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \add are always wanting to\add* learn \w more|strong="H2450"\w*;  
\q2 \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* [SYN] \w are|strong="H2450"\w* not content \w with|strong="H3820"\w* \w what|strong="H1847"\w* \w they|strong="H3820"\w* already \w know|strong="H1847"\w*.   
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\v 16 If \w you|strong="H6440"\w* take \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w gift|strong="H4976"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w an|strong="H6440"\w* \w important|strong="H1419"\w* \w person|strong="H6440"\w*, \w that|strong="H1419"\w* \w will|strong="H6440"\w* \w open|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w way|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* allow \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* talk \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w The|strong="H2713"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* person \w to|strong="H7223"\w* present \w his|strong="H7453"\w* \w case|strong="H7379"\w* \w in|strong="H6662"\w* court \w seems|strong="H6662"\w* \w right|strong="H6662"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H6662"\w* when ◄someone \w else|strong="H7453"\w*/\w his|strong="H7453"\w* \w opponent|strong="H7453"\w*► begins \w to|strong="H7223"\w* ask him questions, \add it may become clear that what he said was not true\add*.   
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\v 18 If two influential/important people \w are|strong="H6099"\w* arguing,  
\q2 \add someone can\add* settle \w the|strong="H6504"\w* matter by ◄casting \w lots|strong="H1486"\w*/throwing marked stones \w to|strong="H7673"\w* decide who \w is|strong="H1486"\w* right►.   
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\v 19 If you help relatives, they \w will|strong="H5797"\w* \add protect you\add* like [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w strong|strong="H5797"\w* wall \add protects a city\add*,  
\q2 but if you quarrel \w with|strong="H1280"\w* them, \add that will separate you from them\add* like \w bars|strong="H1280"\w* on \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H7151"\w* gate \add separate the city from those who want to enter it\add* [MET].   
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\v 20 People \w are|strong="H8193"\w* happy \w when|strong="H6310"\w* \w they|strong="H6310"\w* hear others \w say|strong="H6310"\w* [MTY] something \w that|strong="H6310"\w* \w is|strong="H6310"\w* good,  
\q2 \add like\add* \w they|strong="H6310"\w* \w are|strong="H8193"\w* happy \w when|strong="H6310"\w* \w they|strong="H6310"\w* \w eat|strong="H6310"\w* food \w that|strong="H6310"\w* \w is|strong="H6310"\w* good [MET].   
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\v 21 \w What|strong="H6529"\w* \w you|strong="H3027"\w* say \w can|strong="H4194"\w* cause others \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* killed \w or|strong="H4194"\w* it \w can|strong="H4194"\w* cause \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \add continue to\add* \w live|strong="H2416"\w*;  
\q2 \add so\add* those \w who|strong="H2416"\w* \w like|strong="H2416"\w* \add to talk a lot\add* must ◄accept \w the|strong="H3027"\w* consequences/realize \w that|strong="H2416"\w* \w what|strong="H6529"\w* \w they|strong="H3027"\w* say \w can|strong="H4194"\w* cause \w much|strong="H3027"\w* harm►.   
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\v 22 If \w you|strong="H4672"\w* marry \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add good\add* woman, \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \add like\add* \w finding|strong="H4672"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wonderful \w thing|strong="H2896"\w*;  
\q2 \add it shows that\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w pleased|strong="H7522"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H4672"\w*.   
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\v 23  \add It is necessary for\add* \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* \add people\add* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* politely \w when|strong="H1696"\w* \w they|strong="H1696"\w* request \add rich people to do something for them\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H6030"\w* \w rich|strong="H6223"\w* \add people\add* \w reply|strong="H6030"\w* very impolitely \w when|strong="H1696"\w* \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* \w people|strong="H1696"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H6030"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w There|strong="H3426"\w* \w are|strong="H3426"\w* \add some\add* people \w who|strong="H7489"\w* \add only\add* pretend \w to|strong="H7453"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w* \add with us\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7489"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w are|strong="H3426"\w* \add some\add* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w* \w who|strong="H7489"\w* \w are|strong="H3426"\w* more loyal than members \w of|strong="H7453"\w* \w our|strong="H3426"\w* families.   
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\v 1 Conducting our lives \w as|strong="H1980"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H1980"\w* \add even though\add* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H8193"\w* \w poor|strong="H7326"\w*  
\q2 \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w than|strong="H2896"\w* being \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* telling lies.   
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\v 2 \w Being|strong="H5315"\w* enthusiastic \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* thinking \w carefully|strong="H3808"\w* \add about what we are about to do\add* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*;  
\q2 doing \w things|strong="H2896"\w* hastily \w can|strong="H3808"\w* cause \w us|strong="H5315"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H5315"\w* trouble [IDM].   
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\v 3 Some \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* ruined \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \add own\add* foolish \w actions|strong="H1870"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* happens, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* [SYN] angrily say \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s fault.   
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\v 4 Those \w who|strong="H7227"\w* \w are|strong="H7227"\w* \w rich|strong="H1952"\w* easily find people \w who|strong="H7227"\w* want \w to|strong="H3254"\w* \w be|strong="H3254"\w* \w their|strong="H3254"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7227"\w* when \add people become\add* \w poor|strong="H1800"\w*, \w their|strong="H3254"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w* \add often\add* desert \w them|strong="H6504"\w*.   
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\v 5 Those \w who|strong="H5707"\w* tell \w lies|strong="H3577"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* court \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w surely|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* punished [LIT];  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w* \w it|strong="H3808"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w Many|strong="H7227"\w* \add people\add* try \w to|strong="H6440"\w* persuade important people \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* favors \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*;  
\q2 \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \add wants to\add* \w be|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w friend|strong="H7453"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* give \w gifts|strong="H4976"\w*.   
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\v 7  \add Even\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* relatives \w of|strong="H4480"\w* someone \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w becomes|strong="H3588"\w* \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w him|strong="H8130"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w friends|strong="H4828"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* stay \w away|strong="H7368"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w him|strong="H8130"\w*, \w too|strong="H4480"\w*;  
\q2 \add even\add* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* tries \w to|strong="H4480"\w* talk \w with|strong="H3605"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w friends|strong="H4828"\w* \add again\add*.   
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\v 8 \w Those|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* become wise [IDM] \w are|strong="H5315"\w* doing \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w favor|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H5315"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5315"\w*;  
\q2 \w those|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w get|strong="H7069"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w sense|strong="H3820"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* prosper.   
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\v 9 Those \w who|strong="H5707"\w* tell \w lies|strong="H3577"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* court \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* punished [LIT];  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* ruined.   
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\v 10 \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H5650"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w appropriate|strong="H5000"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5650"\w* live ◄luxuriously/\w like|strong="H3808"\w* rich \w people|strong="H3808"\w*►,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H5650"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w less|strong="H3588"\w* \w appropriate|strong="H5000"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \w to|strong="H5650"\w* \w rule|strong="H4910"\w* important \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* who \w have|strong="H7922"\w* good \w sense|strong="H7922"\w* do \w not|strong="H5674"\w* quickly become \w angry|strong="H5674"\w*;  
\q2 people \w respect|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* who ignore offensive \add things that people say to them\add*.   
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\v 12 \w When|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w is|strong="H4428"\w* angry, \add that causes people to be afraid of him\add*, \w like|strong="H6212"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* roar \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lion|strong="H3715"\w* \add causes people to be afraid\add* [SIM],  
\q2 \w but|strong="H4428"\w* if \w he|strong="H5921"\w* acts kindly \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* people, \add they like it just\add* \w like|strong="H6212"\w* \add they like\add* \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w grass|strong="H6212"\w* \add in the morning\add*.   
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\v 13 \w Foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \add can\add* cause disasters \w to|strong="H1121"\w* happen \w to|strong="H1121"\w* their parents.  
\q2 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* wife \w who|strong="H1121"\w* constantly ◄nags/quarrels \w with|strong="H1121"\w*► \add her husband is as annoying as\add* water \w that|strong="H1121"\w* continually drips [MET].   
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\v 14 We \add can\add* \w inherit|strong="H5159"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w or|strong="H1004"\w* money \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* parents \add when they die\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3068"\w* only \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add can\add* \w give|strong="H7919"\w* someone \w a|strong="H3068"\w* sensible wife.   
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\v 15 \w Those|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w are|strong="H5315"\w* \w lazy|strong="H7423"\w* \w sleep|strong="H8639"\w* soundly,  
\q2 but if \w they|strong="H5315"\w* \w are|strong="H5315"\w* \w lazy|strong="H7423"\w*, \w they|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H5315"\w* \w hungry|strong="H7456"\w* \add because of not earning money to buy food\add*.   
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\v 16 \w Those|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \add God’s\add* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* remain \w alive|strong="H5315"\w* \add for a long time\add*;  
\q2 \w those|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* despise/disobey \w them|strong="H8104"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w those|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w do|strong="H8104"\w* \w not|strong="H1870"\w* control \w their|strong="H8104"\w* \w own|strong="H5315"\w* \w conduct|strong="H1870"\w*) \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \add while they are still young\add*.   
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\v 17 \w When|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H2603"\w* things \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* \add people\add*, \add it is as though\add* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* lending \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w pay|strong="H7999"\w* us \w back|strong="H7999"\w*/\w reward|strong="H7999"\w* us \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1576"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w*►.   
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\v 18 \w Discipline|strong="H3256"\w* \w your|strong="H5375"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w while|strong="H3588"\w* \add they are young\add*, \w while|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w still|strong="H3588"\w* \w hope|strong="H8615"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add they will learn to behave as they should\add*;  
\q2 \add if you do not discipline them\add*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* helping \w them|strong="H5375"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w destroy|strong="H4191"\w* \add themselves\add*.   
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\v 19 \w Those|strong="H5375"\w* \w who|strong="H3588"\w* ◄\w do|strong="H3254"\w* \w not|strong="H3254"\w* control \w their|strong="H5375"\w* temper/quickly \w become|strong="H5375"\w* very \w angry|strong="H2534"\w*► \w will|strong="H5750"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3254"\w* \w endure|strong="H5375"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* happens \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result;  
\q2 \add but\add* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w them|strong="H5375"\w* \add from those troubles once\add*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5750"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3254"\w* \w continue|strong="H3254"\w* rescuing \w them|strong="H5375"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w Pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w when|strong="H8085"\w* \add people give you good\add* \w advice|strong="H6098"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w learn|strong="H8085"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H8085"\w*,  
\q2 \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H8085"\w* become \w wise|strong="H2449"\w* \w for|strong="H4616"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* rest \w of|strong="H6098"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* life.   
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\v 21 \w People|strong="H3820"\w* \w plan|strong="H6098"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \add kinds of things\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3820"\w* \w what|strong="H4284"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H6965"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H4284"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w decided|strong="H6965"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H6965"\w*.   
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\v 22 People want others \w to|strong="H2896"\w* \w be|strong="H2617"\w* \w loyal|strong="H2617"\w* \w to|strong="H2896"\w* them;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H2617"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H2896"\w* \w be|strong="H2617"\w* \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H2896"\w* tell \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lie|strong="H3577"\w* \add to a judge in court in order to get money\add*.   
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\v 23  \add Those who have\add* \w an|strong="H3068"\w* \w awesome|strong="H3374"\w* respect \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \add a long life\add*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3068"\w* rest peacefully \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1077"\w* harmed \add during the night\add*.   
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\v 24 \w Some|strong="H3027"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* extremely \w lazy|strong="H6102"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w put|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w in|strong="H7725"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dish|strong="H6747"\w* \add to take some food\add* \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* lift \w the|strong="H7725"\w* food \w up|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w mouths|strong="H6310"\w*.   
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\v 25 If \w you|strong="H5221"\w* \w punish|strong="H3198"\w* someone \w who|strong="H5221"\w* makes fun \w of|strong="H1847"\w* those \w who|strong="H5221"\w* are \w wise|strong="H3198"\w*, those \w who|strong="H5221"\w* ◄are \w naive|strong="H6612"\w*/need \w to|strong="H1847"\w* be instructed► \w will|strong="H6612"\w* learn \w to|strong="H1847"\w* do \w what|strong="H1847"\w* \w is|strong="H1847"\w* smart;  
\q2 if \w you|strong="H5221"\w* \w rebuke|strong="H3198"\w* those \w who|strong="H5221"\w* are \w wise|strong="H3198"\w*, \w they|strong="H5221"\w* \w will|strong="H6612"\w* \add listen to what you say and\add* \w become|strong="H6191"\w* wiser.   
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\v 26 Anyone \w who|strong="H1121"\w* mistreats/abuses \w his|strong="H7703"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w* \w or|strong="H1121"\w* forces \w his|strong="H7703"\w* mother \w to|strong="H1121"\w* leave \w the|strong="H1121"\w* home  
\q2 \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w child|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* acting \w shamefully|strong="H2659"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* disgracefully.   
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\v 27 \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w if|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H8085"\w* \w stop|strong="H2308"\w* learning things,  
\q2 \w you|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \add soon\add* \w forget|strong="H2308"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \add you already\add* \w know|strong="H1847"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w Worthless|strong="H1100"\w* \w witnesses|strong="H5707"\w* \add in court\add* \w make|strong="H4941"\w* fun \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \add judges who try to\add* \w make|strong="H4941"\w* fair \w decisions|strong="H4941"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \add enjoy\add* doing \w evil|strong="H7563"\w* \add like\add* \w they|strong="H6310"\w* enjoy eating \add good food\add* [MET].   
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\v 29  \add God\add* \w is|strong="H3684"\w* \w ready|strong="H3559"\w* \w to|strong="H3559"\w* punish those \w who|strong="H3684"\w* \w make|strong="H3559"\w* fun \add of him/religion\add*;  
\q2 those \w who|strong="H3684"\w* do \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* things deserve \w to|strong="H3559"\w* be flogged/whipped.   
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\v 1 Drinking \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \add other\add* \w strong|strong="H7941"\w* drinks causes \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* start fighting;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* foolish \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w become|strong="H1993"\w* \w drunk|strong="H3196"\w*/\w intoxicated|strong="H7686"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w Being|strong="H5315"\w* afraid \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w when|strong="H5674"\w* \w he|strong="H4428"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w angry|strong="H5674"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w like|strong="H5315"\w* [SIM] \w being|strong="H5315"\w* afraid \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lion|strong="H3715"\w* \w when|strong="H5674"\w* \w it|strong="H5674"\w* growls/roars;  
\q2 \w if|strong="H2398"\w* \w you|strong="H5315"\w* cause \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* become \w angry|strong="H5674"\w*, \w he|strong="H4428"\w* \w may|strong="H5315"\w* execute \w you|strong="H5315"\w*.   
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\v 3  \add People\add* respect \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* stay \w away|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H7674"\w* \w disputes|strong="H7379"\w*/arguments;  
\q2 foolish people \add love to\add* \w quarrel|strong="H7379"\w*.   
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\v 4  \add If\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lazy|strong="H6102"\w* man \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w plow|strong="H2790"\w* \add his fields at the right/proper time\add*,  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* look \w for|strong="H7592"\w* \add crops\add* \w at|strong="H3808"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* \add time\add*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* there \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* there.   
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\v 5  \add Just\add* \w as|strong="H4325"\w* \w it|strong="H4325"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* difficult \w to|strong="H3820"\w* bring \w up|strong="H1802"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w from|strong="H3820"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w deep|strong="H6013"\w* \w well|strong="H3820"\w*, \w it|strong="H4325"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* difficult \w to|strong="H3820"\w* know what \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w are|strong="H4325"\w* thinking,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H4325"\w* someone who \w has|strong="H3820"\w* good \w sense|strong="H3820"\w*/insight \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* able \w to|strong="H3820"\w* find \w out|strong="H4325"\w* what \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w are|strong="H4325"\w* thinking.   
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\v 6 \w Many|strong="H7230"\w* people \w proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H7121"\w* \w they|strong="H7121"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w be|strong="H2617"\w* trusted \add to do what they say that they will do\add*,  
\q2 but \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w is|strong="H2617"\w* \w very|strong="H7230"\w* difficult \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* [RHQ] \w someone|strong="H4310"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* really \w be|strong="H2617"\w* trusted.   
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\v 7 \w If|strong="H1121"\w* parents conduct \w their|strong="H1980"\w* lives \w as|strong="H1980"\w* they \w should|strong="H1980"\w*,  
\q2 \add God\add* blesses \w their|strong="H1980"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w their|strong="H1980"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w very|strong="H1980"\w* happy/fortunate).   
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\v 8 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w sits|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* judge \w people|strong="H3427"\w*  
\q2 \w can|strong="H7451"\w* \add easily\add* [MTY] find \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w done|strong="H7451"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w good|strong="H5869"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.   
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\v 9 There \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w no|strong="H4310"\w* \w one|strong="H4310"\w* [RHQ] \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* truthfully say, “\w I|strong="H2135"\w* \w do|strong="H4310"\w* not know \w of|strong="H3820"\w* \w any|strong="H4310"\w* wrong things \w that|strong="H4310"\w* \w I|strong="H2135"\w* \w have|strong="H2403"\w* done;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H2135"\w* \w have|strong="H2403"\w* ◄gotten rid \w of|strong="H3820"\w* all \w my|strong="H2135"\w* \w sinful|strong="H2403"\w* behavior/quit doing \w what|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w sinful|strong="H2403"\w*►.”   
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\v 10 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* detests \w people|strong="H1571"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* use weights \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1571"\w* \w right|strong="H3068"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* measures \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1571"\w* correct.   
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\v 11 \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w children|strong="H5288"\w* \w show|strong="H5234"\w* \w by|strong="H1571"\w* \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w they|strong="H1571"\w* \w do|strong="H6467"\w* \w whether|strong="H1571"\w* \w they|strong="H1571"\w* \w are|strong="H1571"\w* good \w or|strong="H1571"\w* \w not|strong="H1571"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H1571"\w* \w show|strong="H5234"\w* \w whether|strong="H1571"\w* ◄\w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w they|strong="H1571"\w* \w do|strong="H6467"\w*/\w their|strong="H1571"\w* behavior► \w is|strong="H1571"\w* honest \w and|strong="H5288"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* \add or not\add*.   
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\v 12 \w Two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w things|strong="H8147"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w created|strong="H6213"\w* \add for us\add*  
\q2 \w are|strong="H5869"\w* ears \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w things|strong="H8147"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w things|strong="H8147"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w If|strong="H6435"\w* \w you|strong="H6435"\w* \w want|strong="H3423"\w* \w to|strong="H5869"\w* \w sleep|strong="H8142"\w* \add all the time\add*, \w you|strong="H6435"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w become|strong="H3423"\w* \w poor|strong="H3423"\w*;  
\q2 \w if|strong="H6435"\w* \w you|strong="H6435"\w* stay awake \add and work\add*, \w you|strong="H6435"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w plenty|strong="H7646"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w*.   
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\v 14 People \add look at things that they are about\add* \w to|strong="H7451"\w* \w buy|strong="H7069"\w*, \add and in order to get it for a lower price sometimes they\add* say, “◄\w It|strong="H7069"\w* \w is|strong="H7451"\w* no good/\w It|strong="H7069"\w* \w is|strong="H7451"\w* poor quality►,”  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7451"\w* \add after they buy it\add*, \w they|strong="H7451"\w* \w go|strong="H1984"\w* \w and|strong="H7451"\w* \w boast|strong="H1984"\w* \add about having bought it for a cheap price\add*.   
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\v 15 \w Gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w and|strong="H2091"\w* \w precious|strong="H3366"\w* stones \w are|strong="H3426"\w* \add valuable\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H8193"\w* wise \w words|strong="H8193"\w* [MTY] \w are|strong="H3426"\w* \w more|strong="H7230"\w* valuable.   
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\v 16 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* foolishly promise \w to|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w stranger|strong="H2114"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H2114"\w* pay \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* owes \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3588"\w* unable \w to|strong="H3947"\w* pay \w it|strong="H3588"\w* [DOU],  
\q2 \add you deserve to\add* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* someone \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* coat \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 17 People \add may\add* think \w that|strong="H6310"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w that|strong="H6310"\w* \w they|strong="H6310"\w* acquire \w by|strong="H3899"\w* doing \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w is|strong="H6310"\w* dishonest \w will|strong="H6310"\w* \w taste|strong="H6310"\w* very good,  
\q2 but later \add they will not enjoy what they have done any more than they would enjoy\add* eating \w gravel|strong="H2687"\w*/sand.   
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\v 18 \w When|strong="H6213"\w* people \w give|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* good \w advice|strong="H6098"\w*, \add if you do what they suggest\add*, \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \w plans|strong="H4284"\w* \w will|strong="H6213"\w* succeed;  
\q2 \w so|strong="H6213"\w* be \w sure|strong="H3559"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w get|strong="H6213"\w* good \w advice|strong="H6098"\w* \w from|strong="H6213"\w* \w wise|strong="H8458"\w* people before \w you|strong="H6213"\w* start \w fighting|strong="H4421"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Those|strong="H1980"\w* \w who|strong="H1980"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w around|strong="H1980"\w* telling \w gossip|strong="H6601"\w* \w are|strong="H8193"\w* \add always\add* telling \w secrets|strong="H5475"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \add others\add*;  
\q2 \w so|strong="H1980"\w* stay \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \w from|strong="H1980"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H1980"\w* foolishly \w talk|strong="H8193"\w* \add too much\add*.   
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\v 20 \w If|strong="H7043"\w* someone \w curses|strong="H7043"\w* \w his|strong="H7043"\w* father \w or|strong="H2822"\w* \w his|strong="H7043"\w* mother,  
\q2 \w his|strong="H7043"\w* life \w will|strong="H5216"\w* \w be|strong="H2822"\w* ended, \add just\add* like \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lamp|strong="H5216"\w* \w is|strong="H2822"\w* \w extinguished|strong="H1846"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w If|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w* very quickly take \w the|strong="H1288"\w* \w property|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* parents promise \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* yours after \w they|strong="H3808"\w* die,  
\q2 \w you|strong="H1288"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* receive \w any|strong="H3808"\w* good/\w blessing|strong="H1288"\w* \w from|strong="H5159"\w* \w it|strong="H3808"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3467"\w* say, “\w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H3467"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H3467"\w*;”  
\q2 \w wait|strong="H6960"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add to do something about it\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w help|strong="H3467"\w* \w you|strong="H3467"\w*/\add do what is right\add*►.   
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\v 23 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* detests \add those who use\add* \w dishonest|strong="H4820"\w* \w scales|strong="H3976"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* weights \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* accurate/correct.   
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\v 24 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* decided \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* happen \w to|strong="H3068"\w* us,  
\q2 so ◄\w how|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* <understand/know> \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* happen before \w it|strong="H3068"\w* happens?/\w we|strong="H3068"\w* humans certainly cannot <understand/know> \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* happen before \w it|strong="H3068"\w* happens.► [RHQ]   
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\v 25 You should think carefully before you solemnly promise \w to|strong="H6944"\w* dedicate something \w to|strong="H6944"\w* God,  
\q2 because later you might \w be|strong="H6944"\w* sorry you \w have|strong="H6944"\w* promised \w to|strong="H6944"\w* do it.   
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\v 26 \w Wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* find \w out|strong="H5921"\w* [MET] \w which|strong="H4428"\w* \w people|strong="H2219"\w* \w have|strong="H7563"\w* done \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H7563"\w* \w wrong|strong="H7563"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* punish \w them|strong="H5921"\w* very severely [IDM].   
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\v 27 \w Our|strong="H3068"\w* consciences \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \add like\add* \w lamps|strong="H5216"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add has given to us to enable us to know what we are thinking\add* [MET];  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3068"\w* reveal what \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w hidden|strong="H2664"\w* deep \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* ◄minds/\w inner|strong="H2315"\w* beings►.   
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\v 28 \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* continue \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w rule|strong="H4428"\w* \w as|strong="H2617"\w* long \w as|strong="H2617"\w* \w they|strong="H4428"\w* \w faithfully|strong="H2617"\w* \w love|strong="H2617"\w* their people \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w are|strong="H4428"\w* \w loyal|strong="H2617"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* them  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w as|strong="H2617"\w* long \w as|strong="H2617"\w* \w they|strong="H4428"\w* \w rule|strong="H4428"\w* righteously/fairly.   
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\v 29 We \w honor|strong="H8597"\w*/admire young people because \w they|strong="H3581"\w* \w are|strong="H1926"\w* \w strong|strong="H3581"\w*,  
\q2 but \w we|strong="H3068"\w* respect [MTY] \w old|strong="H2205"\w* people \w more|strong="H3581"\w* because \w they|strong="H3581"\w* \w are|strong="H1926"\w* wise.   
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\v 30 When \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H4347"\w* \w beaten|strong="H4347"\w* or whipped, it \add can\add* cause \w us|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H7451"\w* quit \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w is|strong="H7451"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H7451"\w* our lives;  
\q2 when someone \w wounds|strong="H4347"\w* \w us|strong="H7451"\w* \add by punishing us\add*, it \add can\add* cause our behavior \w to|strong="H7451"\w* become good.   
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\v 1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w controls|strong="H3820"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* [MTY] \add like\add* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w controls|strong="H3820"\w* how \w streams|strong="H6388"\w* flow;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3068"\w* causes \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* wants \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w People|strong="H5869"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* \w think|strong="H5869"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1870"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* judges \w our|strong="H3068"\w* ◄motives/reasons \add for doing things►\add* [MTY].   
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\v 3 \w Doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* fair \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w more|strong="H6213"\w* acceptable \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*  
\q2 \w than|strong="H3068"\w* \add bringing\add* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \add to him\add*.   
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\v 4 Being \w proud|strong="H7342"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w arrogant|strong="H7342"\w* [DOU] \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lamp|strong="H5215"\w* [MTY] \add that guides\add* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w*;  
\q2 being \w proud|strong="H7342"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w arrogant|strong="H7342"\w* characterizes ◄\w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w*’s whole \w behavior|strong="H5869"\w*/everything \w that|strong="H5869"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w*►.   
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\v 5 People \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w plan|strong="H4284"\w* \w carefully|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H2742"\w* surely \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w plenty|strong="H3605"\w* \add of what they need\add*;  
\q2 \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* act too quickly \add to become rich\add* \w will|strong="H2742"\w* become \w poor|strong="H4270"\w*.   
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\v 6 Money \w that|strong="H3956"\w* \w people|strong="H4194"\w* acquire \add by cheating others\add* \w by|strong="H6467"\w* \w lying|strong="H8267"\w* [MTY] \w to|strong="H1245"\w* them \w will|strong="H3956"\w* soon disappear \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* mist,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1892"\w* doing \w that|strong="H3956"\w* \w will|strong="H3956"\w* \add soon\add* lead \w to|strong="H1245"\w* \w their|strong="H1245"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* \w refuse|strong="H3985"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H7563"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w*/\w just|strong="H4941"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H7563"\w* \w be|strong="H7563"\w* ruined \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H4941"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* violent things [PRS] \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Guilty|strong="H2054"\w* \add people continually do what is evil; it is as though\add* [MET] \w they|strong="H1870"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* walking \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w crooked|strong="H2019"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w*;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1870"\w* \w righteous|strong="H3477"\w*/innocent people \add always\add* \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w corner|strong="H6438"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w an|strong="H3427"\w* attic/\w housetop|strong="H1406"\w* \add by yourself\add*  
\q2 \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w inside|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wife \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* always nagging.   
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\v 10 \w Wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* [SYN] \w are|strong="H7563"\w* always wanting \add to do what is\add* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* act mercifully toward \w anyone|strong="H5315"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w When|strong="H6064"\w* \w those|strong="H2450"\w* \w who|strong="H2450"\w* ridicule \add others\add* \w are|strong="H2450"\w* \w punished|strong="H6064"\w*, \add even\add* \w those|strong="H2450"\w* \w who|strong="H2450"\w* do \w not|strong="H3947"\w* \w have|strong="H7919"\w* good sense \add see that, and\add* \w they|strong="H3947"\w* become \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3947"\w* \w when|strong="H6064"\w* \w those|strong="H2450"\w* \w who|strong="H2450"\w* \w are|strong="H2450"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w are|strong="H2450"\w* \w taught|strong="H7919"\w*, \w they|strong="H3947"\w* become \w wiser|strong="H2449"\w*.   
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\v 12  \add God\add*, \w the|strong="H1004"\w* \w one|strong="H6662"\w* \add who is completely\add* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*, knows \add what happens inside\add* \w the|strong="H1004"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \add he will cause\add* those \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H6662"\w* completely ruined/destroyed.   
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\v 13 There \w are|strong="H1571"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w refuse|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H7121"\w* listen \w when|strong="H1571"\w* \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w cry|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H3808"\w* \add for help\add*;  
\q2 \add but some day\add* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w themselves|strong="H7121"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w cry|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H3808"\w* \add for help\add*, \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w hear|strong="H6030"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w*.   
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\v 14 When someone \w is|strong="H2534"\w* \w angry|strong="H2534"\w* \add with you\add*,  
\q2 if you \w secretly|strong="H5643"\w* give him \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w gift|strong="H4976"\w*, he \w will|strong="H2534"\w* stop being \w angry|strong="H2534"\w*.   
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\v 15 Good/\w Righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add* \w are|strong="H6662"\w* \w happy|strong="H8057"\w* \w when|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \add see others do\add* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H6662"\w* \w just|strong="H6662"\w*/fair,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H6662"\w* \w those|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H6662"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H6662"\w* \w evil|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H6662"\w* terrified \add when they think about what may happen to them\add*.   
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\v 16 Those \w who|strong="H8582"\w* stop behaving \w like|strong="H1870"\w* those \w who|strong="H8582"\w* \w have|strong="H7919"\w* good sense behave  
\q2 \w will|strong="H7919"\w* \add soon\add* discover \w that|strong="H1870"\w* \w they|strong="H1870"\w* \w have|strong="H7919"\w* \w gone|strong="H8582"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w place|strong="H5117"\w* where \w dead|strong="H7496"\w* people \w are|strong="H1870"\w*.   
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\v 17 Those \w who|strong="H3808"\w* spend \w their|strong="H3808"\w* money \w to|strong="H3808"\w* buy ◄\w things|strong="H8081"\w* \w that|strong="H8081"\w* give them \w pleasure|strong="H8057"\w*/\w things|strong="H8081"\w* \w that|strong="H8081"\w* cause them \w to|strong="H3808"\w* feel \w happy|strong="H8057"\w*► \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w become|strong="H6238"\w* \w poor|strong="H4270"\w*;  
\q2 those \w who|strong="H3808"\w* love \add to spend money to buy\add* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w and|strong="H8081"\w* nice/fancy food [MTY] \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w become|strong="H6238"\w* \w rich|strong="H6238"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w Wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* bring \w on|strong="H8478"\w* themselves \w the|strong="H8478"\w* sufferings  
\q2 \w that|strong="H6662"\w* \w they|strong="H8478"\w* were trying \w to|strong="H6662"\w* cause \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add* \w to|strong="H6662"\w* experience [DOU].   
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\v 19 \w It|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H3427"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \add alone\add* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*  
\q2 \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \add to live\add* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wife \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \add always\add* nagging \w and|strong="H2896"\w* complaining.   
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\v 20 \w Wise|strong="H2450"\w* people \w have|strong="H2450"\w* many valuable \w things|strong="H2530"\w* \w in|strong="H2450"\w* \w their|strong="H1104"\w* houses,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1104"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* people \add quickly\add* spend/waste \add all their money\add*.   
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\v 21 \w Those|strong="H7291"\w* \w who|strong="H4672"\w* \add always\add* try \w to|strong="H2617"\w* act \w in|strong="H4672"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fair \w and|strong="H2617"\w* kind way \add toward others\add*  
\q2 \w will|strong="H6666"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \add a long time\add* \w and|strong="H2617"\w* \w be|strong="H2617"\w* \w honored|strong="H3519"\w*/respected.   
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\v 22 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w army|strong="H5927"\w* commander \add helps his troops\add* \w climb|strong="H5927"\w* \w over|strong="H5927"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wall \add to attack\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w is|strong="H5892"\w* defended \w by|strong="H5892"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w strong|strong="H5797"\w* \w army|strong="H5927"\w*,  
\q2 \w with|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* result \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w they|strong="H5892"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* able \w to|strong="H3381"\w* ◄\w get|strong="H5927"\w* \w over|strong="H5927"\w*/\w destroy|strong="H5892"\w*► \w the|strong="H5927"\w* high walls \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w their|strong="H3381"\w* enemies trusted \add would protect them\add*.   
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\v 23 \w Those|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w are|strong="H6310"\w* very \w careful|strong="H8104"\w* about \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w they|strong="H6310"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* [MTY]  
\q2 \w are|strong="H6310"\w* \add able to\add* avoid \w trouble|strong="H6869"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w Those|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H6213"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* fun \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \add everything that is good\add* \w are|strong="H6213"\w* \w proud|strong="H2086"\w* \w and|strong="H6213"\w* conceited [DOU];  
\q2 \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \add always\add* \w act|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* inconsiderate way \add toward others\add*.   
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\v 25 \w Lazy|strong="H6102"\w* people, \w who|strong="H3588"\w* \w refuse|strong="H3985"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w work|strong="H6213"\w*, \add will\add* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \add of hunger\add*  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* [SYN] \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* earn \add money to buy food\add*.   
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\v 26 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \add wicked people\add* \w desire|strong="H8378"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* obtain \w things|strong="H3605"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w plenty|strong="H3605"\w*, \add with the result that\add* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \add are able to\add* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w generously|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* others.   
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\v 27  \add Yahweh\add* detests \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* \w offer|strong="H2077"\w* \add to him\add*;  
\q2 \add but he\add* detests \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w more|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \add think that they will escape being punished for\add* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w evil|strong="H7563"\w* deeds \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H2077"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* bring.   
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\v 28 \w Those|strong="H8085"\w* \w who|strong="H5707"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w lies|strong="H3577"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* court \w will|strong="H8085"\w* \w be|strong="H5331"\w* punished;  
\q2 \w no|strong="H1696"\w* \w one|strong="H8085"\w* stops/silences \w witnesses|strong="H5707"\w* \w who|strong="H5707"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w is|strong="H8085"\w* truthful/reliable.   
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\v 29 \w Wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* pretend \add that they know everything\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7563"\w* \w righteous|strong="H3477"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* think carefully \w about|strong="H1870"\w* \add what will happen because of\add* \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w*.   
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\v 30  \add Thinking that we are\add* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w understand|strong="H8394"\w* many things, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* good insight,  
\q2 \w does|strong="H3068"\w* not help us if \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* ◄acting \w against|strong="H5048"\w*/not pleased \w with|strong="H3068"\w*► us.   
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\v 31 \w We|strong="H3117"\w* \add can\add* \w get|strong="H3559"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w ready|strong="H3559"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3117"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* enables \w us|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* ◄win victories/defeat \w our|strong="H3068"\w* enemies►.   
\c 22  
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\v 1 ◄Having \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w reputation|strong="H8034"\w*/\w Being|strong="H8034"\w* honored \w by|strong="H8034"\w* people► \w is|strong="H8034"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w than|strong="H2896"\w* having \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w*;  
\q2 \w being|strong="H8034"\w* \w well|strong="H2896"\w* respected \w is|strong="H8034"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w than|strong="H2896"\w* having \w plenty|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w or|strong="H3701"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* [DOU].   
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\v 2 \w There|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w thing|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w both|strong="H3605"\w* \w rich|strong="H6223"\w* people \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* people:  
\q2 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w created|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 3 Those who \w have|strong="H7200"\w* good sense \w realize|strong="H7200"\w* \add that there is something\add* \w dangerous|strong="H7451"\w* ahead, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H7200"\w* avoid \w it|strong="H7200"\w*;  
\q2 those who do \w not|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* good sense just \w keep|strong="H7200"\w* \w going|strong="H5674"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* later \w they|strong="H7200"\w* \w will|strong="H6612"\w* suffer because \w of|strong="H7451"\w* \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w reward|strong="H6118"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* gives \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H6118"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* humble \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* revere \w him|strong="H3068"\w*  
\q2 \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* causes \w them|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w rich|strong="H6239"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w honored|strong="H3519"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* long time.   
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\v 5 \w Because|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w things|strong="H1992"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* wicked \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w do|strong="H8104"\w*, \add they have difficulties/troubles\add* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H5315"\w* \w like|strong="H1870"\w* \w thorns|strong="H6791"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w traps|strong="H6341"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w roads|strong="H1870"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w walk|strong="H1870"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* [MET];  
\q2 \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w careful|strong="H8104"\w*/cautious \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H5315"\w* able \w to|strong="H8104"\w* stay \w away|strong="H7368"\w* \w from|strong="H5315"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* difficulties.   
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\v 6 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w train|strong="H2596"\w*/teach \w children|strong="H5288"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w what|strong="H1571"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w right|strong="H1571"\w*,  
\q2 \w all|strong="H4480"\w* during \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w life|strong="H4480"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* act/behave \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w manner|strong="H1870"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Rich|strong="H6223"\w* people \w rule|strong="H4910"\w* \w over|strong="H4910"\w* \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* people harshly,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5650"\w* those \w who|strong="H5650"\w* \w borrow|strong="H3867"\w* money \w become|strong="H3867"\w* like \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* [MET] \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* people \w who|strong="H5650"\w* \w lend|strong="H3867"\w* \add money to them\add*.   
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\v 8  \add If you plant corn or rice, corn or rice will grow\add*;  
\q2 \add similarly\add*, if \w you|strong="H3615"\w* act \w unjustly|strong="H5766"\w*, \w you|strong="H3615"\w* \w will|strong="H5678"\w* have disasters [MET];  
\q1 \w and|strong="H7626"\w* if \w you|strong="H3615"\w* try \w to|strong="H3615"\w* harm/oppress people \add because you are angry with them\add*,  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3615"\w* \w will|strong="H5678"\w* not be able \w to|strong="H3615"\w* harm \w them|strong="H3615"\w*.   
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\v 9  \add God\add* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w those|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w generous|strong="H2896"\w* [IDM],  
\q2 \w those|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* some \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* \add people\add*.   
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\v 10 If \w you|strong="H3318"\w* \w get|strong="H3318"\w* \w rid|strong="H7673"\w* \w of|strong="H3318"\w* \w those|strong="H3318"\w* who \w make|strong="H7673"\w* fun \w of|strong="H3318"\w* \add everything that is good\add*,  
\q2 \w there|strong="H1779"\w* \w will|strong="H7673"\w* \w no|strong="H7673"\w* \w more|strong="H7673"\w* arguing \w or|strong="H1779"\w* quarreling \w or|strong="H1779"\w* insulting \add other people\add*.   
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\v 11 If \w you|strong="H3820"\w* always act sincerely [IDM] \w and|strong="H4428"\w* always \w speak|strong="H8193"\w* \w kindly|strong="H3820"\w*,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H3820"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* \w your|strong="H4428"\w* \w friend|strong="H7453"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* [SYN] ◄\w watches|strong="H5341"\w* \w over|strong="H3068"\w*/takes \w care|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w*► \add those who have\add* \w good|strong="H5869"\w* understanding/sense,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w ruins|strong="H5557"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* plans/\w affairs|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* those \w who|strong="H3068"\w* always try \w to|strong="H3068"\w* deceive others.   
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\v 13 \w Lazy|strong="H6102"\w* people \add remain in their houses\add*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H2351"\w* say, “\w A|strong="H3068"\w* lion \w might|strong="H7523"\w* attack me if \w I|strong="H8432"\w* go \w out|strong="H2351"\w* \w into|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* \w street|strong="H2351"\w* \add to go to work\add*!”   
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\v 14 \w What|strong="H6310"\w* ◄wives \w who|strong="H3068"\w* commit adultery/immoral \w women|strong="H2114"\w*► \w say|strong="H6310"\w* \add to men\add* [MTY] \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w deep|strong="H6013"\w* \w pit|strong="H7745"\w* [MET] \add into which those men fall\add*;  
\q2 those \w with|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w angry|strong="H2194"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w into|strong="H5307"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w pit|strong="H7745"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Children|strong="H5288"\w* [SYN] naturally do things \w that|strong="H5288"\w* \w are|strong="H5288"\w* foolish,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3820"\w* if \w you|strong="H4480"\w* punish/spank \w them|strong="H7194"\w* [PRS], \w they|strong="H3820"\w* \add will\add* ◄stop \w doing|strong="H4480"\w* foolish things/learn \w to|strong="H3820"\w* behave \w as|strong="H7368"\w* \w they|strong="H3820"\w* \w should|strong="H7626"\w*►.   
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\v 16 Those \w who|strong="H1800"\w* \w oppress|strong="H6231"\w* \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* \add people\add* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* order \w to|strong="H5414"\w* become \w rich|strong="H6223"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H6231"\w* those \w who|strong="H1800"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \add a bribe\add* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w rich|strong="H6223"\w* \add people in order that the rich people will do a favor for them\add*,  
\q2 \w will|strong="H5414"\w* just lose \w their|strong="H5414"\w* money.   
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\s1 Thirty wise sayings  
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\v 17  \add Now\add* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* [MTY] \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \add people\add* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*;  
\q2 \w think|strong="H3820"\w* \w carefully|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* am teaching \w you|strong="H5186"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H8193"\w* \w be|strong="H3162"\w* good \w to|strong="H5921"\w* ◄\w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w these|strong="H8104"\w* things \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* minds/always remember \w them|strong="H5921"\w*►,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H8104"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H8193"\w* \w be|strong="H3162"\w* able \w to|strong="H5921"\w* quote/recite \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \add to others\add*.   
\q1
\v 19  \add I want you to\add* \w trust|strong="H4009"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* reason \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* telling \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w*, \w now|strong="H1961"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* [RHQ] 30 ◄\w sayings|strong="H4156"\w*/\w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* wise \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* said►  
\q2 \w from|strong="H3808"\w* which \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* receive good advice \w and|strong="H1847"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* able \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H1847"\w* \add many good/useful things\add*.   
\q1
\v 21 \w From|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w will|strong="H7725"\w* \w learn|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H7971"\w* \w right|strong="H3045"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H7971"\w* true,  
\q2 \w in|strong="H7725"\w* order \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w will|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H7725"\w* able \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* good report \w to|strong="H7725"\w* those \w who|strong="H3045"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \add to school\add* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w give|strong="H7725"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* good \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* \add to those who ask you questions\add*).   
\s1 -1-  
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\v 22  \add It is easy to\add* \w rob|strong="H1497"\w* \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* \add people\add* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H8179"\w* \w helpless|strong="H1800"\w* \add and cannot defend themselves, but\add* never \add do that\add*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6041"\w* do \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w oppress|strong="H1792"\w* \w in|strong="H6041"\w* \w court|strong="H8179"\w* \w those|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H8179"\w* \w needy|strong="H6041"\w*/\w afflicted|strong="H6041"\w*,   
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\v 23 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* speak \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w defend|strong="H7379"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* punish \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* steal things \w from|strong="H5315"\w* \w others|strong="H5315"\w*—\w by|strong="H3068"\w* causing \w them|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* die.   
\s1 -2-  
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\v 24 \w Do|strong="H1167"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* become friends \w with|strong="H2534"\w* those \w who|strong="H1167"\w* often become \w angry|strong="H2534"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2534"\w* \w do|strong="H1167"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w associate|strong="H7462"\w* \w with|strong="H2534"\w* those \w who|strong="H1167"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* control \w their|strong="H3808"\w* temper/\w anger|strong="H2534"\w*,   
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\v 25 \w because|strong="H6435"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w might|strong="H6435"\w* start \w to|strong="H5315"\w* act \w like|strong="H5315"\w* \w they|strong="H5315"\w* do  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3947"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* \w be|strong="H5315"\w* able \w to|strong="H5315"\w* stop doing \w that|strong="H5315"\w*.   
\s1 -3-  
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\v 26 \w If|strong="H1961"\w* someone borrows money,  
\q2 do \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H3709"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* who promises \w to|strong="H1961"\w* pay what \w that|strong="H1961"\w* person owes  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3709"\w* cannot pay \w it|strong="H1961"\w* back,   
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\v 27 \w because|strong="H8478"\w* if \w you|strong="H3947"\w* cannot \w pay|strong="H7999"\w* \w it|strong="H7999"\w* \w back|strong="H7999"\w*,  
\q2 people \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w surely|strong="H7999"\w* [RHQ] \add come and\add* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \add everything you own\add*, even \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w bed|strong="H4904"\w*.   
\s1 -4-  
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\v 28 \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \add steal some of your neighbors’ land by\add* removing \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w boundary|strong="H1366"\w* lines/markers \w that|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* ancestors placed/\w set|strong="H6213"\w*.   
\s1 -5-  
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\v 29 Know/Learn [RHQ] \w this|strong="H6440"\w* \w about|strong="H4428"\w* those \w who|strong="H4428"\w* do \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* very skillfully:  
\q2 \w They|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* quit working \w for|strong="H6440"\w* ordinary people  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* start working \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*  
\q2 \add because the kings will want people like that to work for them\add*.   
\c 23  
\s1 -6-  
\q1
\v 1 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w down|strong="H3427"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w eat|strong="H3898"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* meal \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ◄government official/\w king|strong="H6440"\w*►,  
\q2 think carefully about \w what|strong="H3588"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w who|strong="H3427"\w*) \w is|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2  \add Even\add* \w if|strong="H7760"\w* \w you|strong="H7760"\w* ◄\w have|strong="H1167"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* big \w appetite|strong="H5315"\w*/\w want|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H5315"\w* eat \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H1167"\w* food►,  
\q2 restrain \w yourself|strong="H5315"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3 Do not want \w to|strong="H3899"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* \add a lot of\add* \w his|strong="H1931"\w* fine \w food|strong="H3899"\w*,  
\q2 because \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w may|strong="H1931"\w* \w be|strong="H1931"\w* trying \w to|strong="H3899"\w* trick you.   
\s1 -7-  
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\v 4 Do \w not|strong="H2308"\w* \add cause yourself to become very tired by\add* working very hard \w to|strong="H2308"\w* \w become|strong="H6238"\w* \w rich|strong="H6238"\w*;  
\q2 be wise \w and|strong="H3021"\w* \w stop|strong="H2308"\w* doing that,   
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\v 5 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w soon|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w look|strong="H5869"\w* [MTY] \w at|strong="H6213"\w* \add all the money that you have acquired\add*, \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w be|strong="H5869"\w* gone;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \add disappear as if it\add* suddenly grew \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* [SIM]  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w flew|strong="H5774"\w* \w up|strong="H6213"\w* \w into|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w like|strong="H6213"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* \w eagle|strong="H5404"\w*.   
\s1 -8-  
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\v 6  \add If\add* someone who \w is|strong="H7451"\w* stingy \add invites you to a meal\add*,  
\q1 \w do|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H7451"\w* \w eat|strong="H3898"\w* \add a lot of\add* \w his|strong="H5869"\w* fine \w food|strong="H3899"\w*,   
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\v 7 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* thinking about \w how|strong="H3588"\w* much \add the food cost that you are eating\add*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \add will\add* say \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, “Eat \w and|strong="H8354"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w all|strong="H3651"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w want|strong="H5315"\w*!”, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H1077"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \add will\add* really \w be|strong="H3820"\w* thinking.   
\q1
\v 8  \add When you realize what he is really thinking, it will cause you to want to\add* \w vomit|strong="H6958"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H7843"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* eaten;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w your|strong="H7843"\w* kind \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \add telling him that you are enjoying the meal\add* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w wasted|strong="H7843"\w*.   
\s1 -9-  
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\v 9 ◄Do \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \add waste time by\add*/\w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3684"\w* useless► \w talking|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w people|strong="H1696"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3684"\w* \add only\add* despise \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w wise|strong="H7922"\w* things \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*.   
\s1 -10-  
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\v 10 Do not \add steal someone’s property by\add* removing \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w boundary|strong="H1366"\w* marker \w that|strong="H1366"\w* \w has|strong="H7704"\w* \w been|strong="H5769"\w* \w there|strong="H5769"\w* \w for|strong="H7704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H5769"\w* \w time|strong="H5769"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5769"\w* do not \w take|strong="H5253"\w* \w for|strong="H7704"\w* yourself \w the|strong="H7704"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w* \w that|strong="H1366"\w* belongs \w to|strong="H7704"\w* \w orphans|strong="H3490"\w*,   
\q1
\v 11 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w strong|strong="H2389"\w*, \w and|strong="H7379"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w relative|strong="H1350"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* responsibility \w to|strong="H3588"\w* \w defend|strong="H7379"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q2 \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H1931"\w* \add stand up in court and\add* \w argue|strong="H7378"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H7379"\w* \w against|strong="H7378"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\s1 -11-  
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\v 12 Pay \w attention|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w what|strong="H1847"\w* \add your teachers\add* teach \w you|strong="H3820"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3820"\w* try \w to|strong="H3820"\w* learn \w from|strong="H3820"\w* \w the|strong="H1847"\w* wise things \w that|strong="H3820"\w* \w they|strong="H3820"\w* say.   
\s1 -12-  
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\v 13 Do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w refuse|strong="H4513"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w discipline|strong="H4148"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w children|strong="H5288"\w*;  
\q2 \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w punish|strong="H5221"\w*/spank \w them|strong="H5221"\w*, \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* cause \w them|strong="H5221"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*,   
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\v 14 \w and|strong="H5315"\w* \w it|strong="H5221"\w* \w may|strong="H5315"\w* \w save|strong="H5337"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w* \w from|strong="H5315"\w* \add going to\add* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* place where \w dead|strong="H5315"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w are|strong="H5315"\w*.   
\s1 -13-  
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\v 15 \w My|strong="H1571"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*/\w child|strong="H1121"\w*, \w if|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H1571"\w* [SYN] become \w wise|strong="H2449"\w*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H1571"\w* [SYN] \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w very|strong="H8055"\w* \w happy|strong="H8055"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16 I [SYN] \w will|strong="H8193"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H5937"\w* \w when|strong="H1696"\w* I hear \w you|strong="H1696"\w* [SYN] \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w what|strong="H1696"\w* \w is|strong="H1696"\w* \w right|strong="H4339"\w*/wise.   
\s1 -14-  
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\v 17 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w envy|strong="H7065"\w* \w sinful|strong="H2400"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w*;  
\q2 \w instead|strong="H3588"\w*, revere \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w life|strong="H3117"\w*.   
\q1
\v 18  \add If you do that\add*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* happy \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* future,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3772"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \add do for you what you are\add* confidently expecting \w him|strong="H3772"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3426"\w*.   
\s1 -15-  
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\v 19 \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*/\w child|strong="H1121"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w carefully|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w me|strong="H2449"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* become \w wise|strong="H2449"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w think|strong="H3820"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* ◄all \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H1870"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w*/\w your|strong="H8085"\w* \w behavior|strong="H1870"\w*►.   
\q1
\v 20 Do \w not|strong="H1961"\w* associate \w with|strong="H1320"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* who \w drink|strong="H5433"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H1320"\w* ◄\w wine|strong="H3196"\w*/strong \w drink|strong="H5433"\w*►  
\q2 \w or|strong="H3196"\w* \w with|strong="H1320"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* who ◄\w are|strong="H1961"\w* \w gluttons|strong="H2151"\w*/eat \w more|strong="H1961"\w* than they should►,   
\q1
\v 21 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w drunkards|strong="H5433"\w* \w and|strong="H3423"\w* \w gluttons|strong="H2151"\w* \w will|strong="H3588"\w* \w become|strong="H3423"\w* \w poor|strong="H3423"\w*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3423"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* all \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* do \w is|strong="H3588"\w* eat \w and|strong="H3423"\w* sleep, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3588"\w* \add soon\add* ◄\w be|strong="H3588"\w* wearing \w rags|strong="H7168"\w*/\w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w any|strong="H3588"\w* money \w to|strong="H3588"\w* buy \w clothes|strong="H3847"\w*►.   
\s1 -16-  
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\v 22 \w Pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* tells \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8085"\w* ◄\w do|strong="H8085"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* neglect/take care \w of|strong="H3205"\w*► [LIT] \w your|strong="H8085"\w* mother \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w old|strong="H2204"\w*.   
\q1
\v 23 Try \w to|strong="H4148"\w* know/learn what \w is|strong="H2451"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*, \w and|strong="H2451"\w* \w get|strong="H7069"\w* good \w instruction|strong="H4148"\w* \w and|strong="H2451"\w* understanding;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2451"\w* do \w not|strong="H4376"\w* throw those things \w away|strong="H4376"\w*.   
\q1
\v 24 \w Righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add children\add* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* cause their parents \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w be|strong="H6662"\w* \w very|strong="H8055"\w* \w happy|strong="H8055"\w*;  
\q2 \w those|strong="H2450"\w* whose \w children|strong="H3205"\w* \w are|strong="H6662"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w are|strong="H6662"\w* proud \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w them|strong="H8055"\w*.   
\q1
\v 25  \add Do what will\add* cause \w your|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* be \w glad|strong="H8055"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8055"\w* enable \w your|strong="H3205"\w* mother \add also\add* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* be \w happy|strong="H8055"\w*.   
\s1 17  
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\v 26 \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w heed|strong="H3820"\w* \w what|strong="H1870"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* say \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w what|strong="H1870"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* \w example|strong="H1870"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.   
\q1
\v 27 \w Prostitutes|strong="H2181"\w* \w and|strong="H6862"\w* immoral women [DOU] are \add like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w deep|strong="H6013"\w* \w pit|strong="H7745"\w*  
\q2 \w or|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* well \add that you may fall into\add*.   
\q1
\v 28 \w They|strong="H1931"\w* wait \add for you\add* like robbers [SIM],  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3254"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* cause many men \w to|strong="H3254"\w* ◄\w be|strong="H3254"\w* unfaithful \w to|strong="H3254"\w*/\w have|strong="H3254"\w* sex \w with|strong="H1931"\w* women \w who|strong="H1931"\w* are \w not|strong="H3254"\w*► \w their|strong="H3254"\w* wives.   
\s1 -18-  
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\v 29 \w I|strong="H5869"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* tell \w you|strong="H5869"\w* [RHQ] \w what|strong="H4310"\w* kind \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* always miserable \w and|strong="H5869"\w* sad.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5869"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* tell \w you|strong="H5869"\w* [RHQ] \w which|strong="H4310"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* always causing arguments/quarrels \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* always \w complaining|strong="H7879"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H5869"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* tell \w you|strong="H5869"\w* [RHQ] \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* injured \w in|strong="H5869"\w* fights  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w whose|strong="H4310"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* always red/bloodshot.   
\q1
\v 30  \add It is\add* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* who drink \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*,  
\q2 who \w try|strong="H2713"\w* drinking other kinds \w of|strong="H5921"\w* strong drinks.   
\q1
\v 31 \w Do|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w pleasure|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H7200"\w* red \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w looks|strong="H7200"\w* nice, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w which|strong="H5869"\w* \w sparkles|strong="H5414"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H5869"\w* \add poured out\add* \w into|strong="H1980"\w* cups,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w which|strong="H5869"\w* tastes \w good|strong="H5869"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* drink \w it|strong="H5414"\w*,   
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\v 32 because \w the|strong="H5391"\w* next morning \add you will feel like\add* you have been \w bitten|strong="H5391"\w* by \w a|strong="H3068"\w* poisonous \w snake|strong="H5175"\w* [DOU].   
\q1
\v 33 \w You|strong="H7200"\w* [SYN] \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \add think that you are\add* \w seeing|strong="H7200"\w* \w strange|strong="H2114"\w*/weird \w things|strong="H8419"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w* [SYN] \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* able \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w think|strong="H5869"\w* clearly \w or|strong="H7200"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* clearly.   
\q1
\v 34 \w You|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w think|strong="H3820"\w* \w you|strong="H1961"\w* \w are|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H7901"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ship \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* tossing \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*;  
\q2 \w you|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* [SIM] someone who \w is|strong="H3820"\w* trying \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w sleep|strong="H7901"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* ship \w is|strong="H3820"\w* rolling \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w side|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* other.   
\q1
\v 35 \w You|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H5750"\w* \w say|strong="H3254"\w*, “\add I think that\add* someone \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w me|strong="H5221"\w*, \w but|strong="H5221"\w* \w he|strong="H5221"\w* \w did|strong="H3254"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* hurt \w me|strong="H5221"\w*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H5221"\w* \w hit|strong="H5221"\w* \w me|strong="H5221"\w*, \w but|strong="H5221"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w did|strong="H3254"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w feel|strong="H3045"\w* \w it|strong="H3045"\w*.  
\q1 \w When|strong="H4970"\w* \w will|strong="H5750"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* ◄\w wake|strong="H6974"\w* up/\w feel|strong="H3045"\w* normal \w again|strong="H5750"\w*►  
\q2 \w in|strong="H5750"\w* order \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w can|strong="H3254"\w* drink some \w more|strong="H3254"\w* wine?”   
\c 24  
\s1 -19-  
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\v 1 Do \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w envy|strong="H7065"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* people;  
\q2 do \w not|strong="H1961"\w* desire \w to|strong="H1961"\w* associate \w with|strong="H7065"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w*,   
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\v 2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H8193"\w* \add constantly\add* thinking \w about|strong="H1897"\w* acting violently,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5999"\w* \w whenever|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* [MTY], \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* \w about|strong="H1897"\w* ◄causing \w trouble|strong="H5999"\w*/hurting someone►.   
\s1 -20-  
\q1
\v 3 People \w make|strong="H3559"\w* good \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w families|strong="H1004"\w*) \w by|strong="H3559"\w* doing \w what|strong="H3559"\w* \w is|strong="H2451"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1004"\w* they \w make|strong="H3559"\w* \w their|strong="H3559"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w families|strong="H1004"\w*) strong \w by|strong="H3559"\w* \add heeding\add* good advice.   
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\v 4 \w By|strong="H3605"\w* using good sense, \add they are able to buy\add* \w valuable|strong="H3368"\w* \w and|strong="H1847"\w* beautiful \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H1847"\w* put them \w in|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rooms|strong="H2315"\w* \w of|strong="H4390"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* houses.   
\s1 -21-  
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\v 5 Being \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w is|strong="H3581"\w* better \w than|strong="H2450"\w* being \w strong|strong="H5797"\w*/\w powerful|strong="H3581"\w*;  
\q2 \w those|strong="H2450"\w* \w who|strong="H1397"\w* \w know|strong="H1847"\w* \add many things can accomplish more\add* \w than|strong="H2450"\w* \w those|strong="H2450"\w* \w who|strong="H1397"\w* \w are|strong="H2450"\w* \add very\add* \w strong|strong="H5797"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6 Leaders \w can|strong="H6213"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w battles|strong="H4421"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w wise|strong="H8458"\w* advisors,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* win \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w battles|strong="H4421"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w many|strong="H7230"\w* good advisors.   
\s1 -22-  
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\v 7 Foolish \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* understand \w wise|strong="H2454"\w* \w sayings|strong="H6310"\w*/\w talk|strong="H6310"\w*;  
\q2 \w at|strong="H3808"\w* public meetings \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H8179"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add able to\add* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* \w anything|strong="H3808"\w* \add that is useful\add*.   
\s1 -23-  
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\v 8 Those \w who|strong="H1167"\w* are \add always\add* \w planning|strong="H2803"\w* \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w do|strong="H7489"\w* \w evil|strong="H7489"\w* things \w will|strong="H1167"\w* be \w called|strong="H7121"\w* troublemakers.   
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\v 9 It \w is|strong="H2403"\w* \w sinful|strong="H2403"\w* \w to|strong="H8441"\w* plan \w to|strong="H8441"\w* \w do|strong="H2403"\w* foolish \w things|strong="H8441"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2403"\w* people \w hate|strong="H8441"\w* those who make fun \w of|strong="H2403"\w* \add everything that is good\add*.   
\s1 -24-  
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\v 10 If \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \add act as though\add* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w helpless|strong="H7503"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H6862"\w* \w troubles|strong="H6869"\w*,  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \add truly very\add* \w weak|strong="H7503"\w*.   
\s1 -25-  
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\v 11  \add If it is unjustly decided\add* \w that|strong="H5337"\w* someone \w must|strong="H3947"\w* \w be|strong="H4131"\w* executed, \add try hard to\add* \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w* [DOU].   
\q1
\v 12 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w say|strong="H7725"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w anything|strong="H3808"\w* \w about|strong="H3045"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*, \add so ◄it is not my concern/I did not try to help him►\add*,”  
\q2 remember \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w done|strong="H6467"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H5315"\w* thinking [IDM, RHQ],  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* [RHQ] \w repay|strong="H7725"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w* \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* deserve \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w done|strong="H6467"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* doing \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w done|strong="H6467"\w*.   
\s1 -26-  
\q1
\v 13 \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w child|strong="H1121"\w*/\w son|strong="H1121"\w*, eat \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \add for you\add*;  
\q2 \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w honey|strong="H1706"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* drips \w from|strong="H5921"\w* honeycombs tastes \add very\add* \w sweet|strong="H4966"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14 Similarly, \w being|strong="H5315"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* good \w for|strong="H5315"\w* \w your|strong="H3045"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*;  
\q1 \w if|strong="H3426"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* become \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*,  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* \add happy in\add* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* future,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2451"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3045"\w* \add do for you what you are\add* confidently expecting \w him|strong="H4672"\w* \w to|strong="H5315"\w* \w do|strong="H3426"\w* [LIT].   
\s1 -27-  
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\v 15 Do not \w be|strong="H7563"\w* \w like|strong="H5116"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w who|strong="H6662"\w* \add hide and\add* wait \w to|strong="H6662"\w* break into \w the|strong="H7703"\w* houses \w of|strong="H5116"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*/good \add people\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6662"\w* rob/steal things.   
\q1
\v 16  \add Even if\add* \w good|strong="H6965"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w*/many \w times|strong="H7651"\w*,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \add always\add* \w stand|strong="H6965"\w*/\w get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w again|strong="H6965"\w*,  
\q1 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* happens \w to|strong="H6965"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add*,  
\q2 \w it|strong="H3588"\w* ruins/destroys \w them|strong="H5307"\w*.   
\s1 -28-  
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\v 17 Do \w not|strong="H5307"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* \w happy|strong="H8055"\w* \w when|strong="H5307"\w* something bad happens \w to|strong="H3820"\w* one \w of|strong="H3820"\w* \w your|strong="H5307"\w* enemies;  
\q2 do \w not|strong="H5307"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* \w when|strong="H5307"\w* \w he|strong="H3820"\w* \w stumbles|strong="H3782"\w* \w and|strong="H3820"\w* \w falls|strong="H5307"\w*,   
\q1
\v 18 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* know \w what|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* thinking, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* \w like|strong="H7725"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add as a result\add* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* \w punish|strong="H7489"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* enemy \w of|strong="H3068"\w* yours.   
\s1 -29-  
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\v 19 \w Do|strong="H7489"\w* not become \w angry|strong="H2734"\w*/\w upset|strong="H7489"\w* about those \w who|strong="H7563"\w* \w do|strong="H7489"\w* what \w is|strong="H7563"\w* \w evil|strong="H7489"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2734"\w* \w do|strong="H7489"\w* not [SYN] \w envy|strong="H7065"\w* them,   
\q1
\v 20 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \add nothing good\add* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lamp|strong="H5216"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w soon|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w extinguished|strong="H1846"\w* [MET].   
\s1 -30-  
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\v 21 \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w child|strong="H1121"\w*/\w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w revere|strong="H3372"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add also\add* honor \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3372"\w* \w associate|strong="H6148"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* want \w to|strong="H3068"\w* rebel \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w either|strong="H5973"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H1121"\w*,   
\q1
\v 22 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w suddenly|strong="H6597"\w* \w experience|strong="H3045"\w* disasters;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w no|strong="H3045"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* [RHQ] \w what|strong="H4310"\w* great disasters \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H4310"\w* \w or|strong="H8147"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* king \w can|strong="H4310"\w* cause \w to|strong="H6965"\w* \w happen|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H6965"\w* \w them|strong="H8147"\w*.   
\s1 More sayings from wise people  
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\v 23 Here \w are|strong="H2450"\w* \w more|strong="H1571"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \w that|strong="H2896"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \add people\add* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* said:  
\q1 \w It|strong="H6440"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w wrong|strong="H4941"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* judges \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w decide|strong="H4941"\w* \w matters|strong="H4941"\w* unfairly [IDM].   
\q1
\v 24 If \w they|strong="H5971"\w* say \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w guilty|strong="H7563"\w*, “\w You|strong="H5971"\w* ◄\w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w innocent|strong="H6662"\w*/\w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H5971"\w* done something \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w is|strong="H7563"\w* \w wrong|strong="H7563"\w*►,”  
\q2 \add even\add* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H5971"\w* \w other|strong="H3816"\w* \w nations|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w curse|strong="H5344"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* despise them,   
\q1
\v 25 \w but|strong="H3198"\w* if judges say \w that|strong="H2896"\w* guilty people must \w be|strong="H2896"\w* punished,  
\q2 \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \w will|strong="H1293"\w* go \w well|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* judges, \w and|strong="H2896"\w* ◄\w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1293"\w* receive \w blessings|strong="H1293"\w*/God \w will|strong="H1293"\w* bless \w them|strong="H5921"\w*►.   
\q1
\v 26 Those who \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* others honestly show \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H1697"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* truly \w their|strong="H7725"\w* friends [IDM].   
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\v 27 First, do \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \add that needs to be done\add* \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* \add your house\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w prepare|strong="H3559"\w* \w your|strong="H3559"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*, \add and then plant things\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w after|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H1129"\w* finish doing \w that|strong="H4399"\w*, \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w your|strong="H3559"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 28  \add In the courtroom\add* \w do|strong="H8193"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* testify \w against|strong="H7453"\w* someone \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H1961"\w* reason \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w do|strong="H8193"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7453"\w* \w do|strong="H8193"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \add try to\add* \w deceive|strong="H6601"\w* \add people\add* \w by|strong="H1961"\w* what \w you|strong="H1961"\w* say [MTY].   
\q1
\v 29 \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w say|strong="H7725"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H6213"\w* \w pay|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \add the bad things that\add* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*.”   
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\v 30 \w One|strong="H6102"\w* day \w I|strong="H5921"\w* walked \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lazy|strong="H6102"\w* \w man|strong="H3820"\w*,  
\q2 \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H3820"\w* \w who|strong="H2638"\w* \w did|strong="H3820"\w* \w not|strong="H5674"\w* \w have|strong="H5921"\w* good \w sense|strong="H3820"\w*.   
\q1
\v 31 \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w was|strong="H3605"\w* surprised \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w see|strong="H2009"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fields \w were|strong="H6440"\w* \w full|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w kinds|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* thorny bushes,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* stone \w wall|strong="H1444"\w* \add around the garden\add* \w had|strong="H2738"\w* ◄collapsed/fallen \w down|strong="H2040"\w*►.   
\q1
\v 32 \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w*, \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w thought|strong="H3820"\w* \w about|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w*, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* learned \w this|strong="H7200"\w*:   
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\v 33  \add If you spend a lot of time\add* sleeping \w and|strong="H3027"\w* napping \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w folding|strong="H2264"\w* \w your|strong="H3027"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w while|strong="H4592"\w* \w you|strong="H3027"\w* \w rest|strong="H7901"\w*,   
\q1
\v 34  \add soon\add* \w you|strong="H1980"\w* \w will|strong="H7389"\w* \w become|strong="H1980"\w* \w poor|strong="H4270"\w*;  
\q2 \add it will be as though\add* [PRS, SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* bandit \w who|strong="H1980"\w* had \w a|strong="H3068"\w* weapon \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w his|strong="H1980"\w* hand \add attacked you and stole all that you had\add*.   
\c 25  
\s1 More wise sayings from Solomon  
\p
\v 1 Here \w are|strong="H4428"\w* \w more|strong="H1571"\w* wise sayings/words \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \add wrote\add*. Some men \w who|strong="H3063"\w* worked \w for|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, \w the|strong="H1571"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w copied|strong="H6275"\w* them \add from a scroll that Solomon had written\add*.   
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\q1
\v 2  \add We consider\add* God \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* great \w because|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H4428"\w* ◄\w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* mysterious \w ways|strong="H1697"\w*/does \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* cannot understand►;  
\q2 \add we consider\add* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* great \w because|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H1697"\w* explain \w things|strong="H1697"\w*.   
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\q1
\v 3  \add It is not possible for anyone to measure\add* how \w high|strong="H7312"\w* \w the|strong="H8064"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w or|strong="H4428"\w* how deep \w the|strong="H8064"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*/ocean \w is|strong="H3820"\w*;  
\q2 likewise [SIM], \w it|strong="H8064"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* not possible \w for|strong="H4428"\w* us \w to|strong="H3820"\w* know \add all\add* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w are|strong="H8064"\w* thinking.   
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\q1
\v 4  \add If workers\add* burn \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* impure bits \w that|strong="H3627"\w* \w are|strong="H3627"\w* \w in|strong="H3701"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*,  
\q2 \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man \w who|strong="H6884"\w* makes \w things|strong="H3627"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* can make something beautiful \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5  \add Similarly, if\add* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add advisors\add* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* taken \w away|strong="H1898"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*,  
\q2 \w his|strong="H6440"\w* government \w will|strong="H4428"\w* remain \w secure|strong="H3559"\w*, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \add the king will be able to\add* act justly.   
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\q1
\v 6 \w When|strong="H5975"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, do \w not|strong="H6440"\w* try \w to|strong="H6440"\w* ◄impress \w him|strong="H6440"\w*/\w honor|strong="H1921"\w* yourself►  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* do \w not|strong="H6440"\w* ◄\w act|strong="H5975"\w* \w like|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H4428"\w* \w important|strong="H1419"\w*/\w ask|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* sit \w where|strong="H4725"\w* \w important|strong="H1419"\w* people sit;►   
\q1
\v 7 \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* someone tells \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* sit closer \add to the king\add*  
\q2 \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \add someone to tell you\add*, \w while|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H6440"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* listening, \w to|strong="H5927"\w* sit further \w away|strong="H5927"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* order \w that|strong="H3588"\w* someone \w who|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w more|strong="H3588"\w* important \add may sit closer to the king\add*.   
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\v 8 \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4118"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w court|strong="H3318"\w* \add to tell the judge about\add* something \w that|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H7378"\w* seen,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H6435"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w* witness \w may|strong="H6213"\w* later \add say something that proves that you are wrong, and as a result\add* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w be|strong="H3318"\w* \w disgraced|strong="H3637"\w*/\w ashamed|strong="H3637"\w*.  
\q2 \w If|strong="H6435"\w* \w that|strong="H6213"\w* \w happens|strong="H6213"\w*, ◄\w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*?/\w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* know \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.► [RHQ]   
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\v 9 If \w you|strong="H1540"\w* \w and|strong="H7453"\w* someone \w else|strong="H7453"\w* think differently about some matter,  
\q2 settle \w it|strong="H1540"\w* \w between|strong="H7379"\w* yourselves, \w and|strong="H7453"\w* do not tell \w others|strong="H1540"\w* any \w secret|strong="H5475"\w* \add that he has told you\add*.   
\q1
\v 10 \w If|strong="H6435"\w* others find \w out|strong="H7725"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w told|strong="H8085"\w* secrets,  
\q2 \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* ashamed,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* time \w on|strong="H8085"\w*, ◄\w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bad|strong="H1681"\w* reputation/\w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* think badly \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w*►.   
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\v 11 \w Something|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \add very\add* appropriate  
\q2 \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \add as delightful as seeing\add* [SIM] \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w apples|strong="H8598"\w*/ornaments \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* bowl.   
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\v 12 \w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w person|strong="H3198"\w* \w rebukes|strong="H3198"\w*/warns someone [SYN] \w who|strong="H2450"\w* \w is|strong="H2091"\w* willing \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w*,  
\q2 \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w is|strong="H2091"\w* \add as valuable as\add* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w ring|strong="H5141"\w* \w or|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* chain.   
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\v 13 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w messenger|strong="H6735"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* ◄\w is|strong="H5315"\w* reliable/tells \w someone|strong="H5315"\w* else exactly what \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* told \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w say|strong="H7725"\w*► \w refreshes|strong="H7725"\w* \add the spirits of\add* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* bosses \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H7950"\w* [SIM] ◄\w snow|strong="H7950"\w*/\w cold|strong="H6793"\w* water► \w refreshes|strong="H7725"\w* \add the ground\add* \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \add people\add* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* \w crops|strong="H7105"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w When|strong="H1984"\w* someone promises \w to|strong="H7307"\w* \w give|strong="H4991"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w gift|strong="H4991"\w* \w to|strong="H7307"\w* us but never gives \w it|strong="H7307"\w*,  
\q2 \add that disappoints us\add* \w as|strong="H1984"\w* much \w as|strong="H1984"\w* [SIM] \w clouds|strong="H5387"\w* \w and|strong="H7307"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w that|strong="H7307"\w* come but \w do|strong="H8267"\w* not bring any \w rain|strong="H1653"\w*.   
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\v 15 If someone keeps requesting \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w ruler|strong="H7101"\w* long enough \w to|strong="H3956"\w* do something, he \w will|strong="H3956"\w* \add often\add* agree \w to|strong="H3956"\w* do \w it|strong="H7665"\w*;  
\q2 similarly, by speaking [MTY] gently \w we|strong="H3068"\w* can \add often\add* convince \add others that what we say is right\add* [IDM].   
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\v 16 \w If|strong="H6435"\w* \w you|strong="H6435"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* some \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*, do \w not|strong="H6435"\w* eat \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H7646"\w* \w it|strong="H4672"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H6435"\w* doing \w that|strong="H6435"\w* may cause \w you|strong="H6435"\w* \w to|strong="H1767"\w* \w vomit|strong="H6958"\w*.   
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\v 17 Do \w not|strong="H6435"\w* \w go|strong="H7272"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H8130"\w* \w neighbor|strong="H7453"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* very often \add to talk with him\add*;  
\q2 \w if|strong="H6435"\w* \w you|strong="H6435"\w* \w go|strong="H7272"\w* \add very\add* often, \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w get|strong="H7646"\w* tired \w of|strong="H1004"\w* listening \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H6435"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* start \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w you|strong="H6435"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w To|strong="H6030"\w* \w falsely|strong="H8267"\w* \w accuse|strong="H6030"\w* others \add in court\add*  
\q2 \w is|strong="H2719"\w* like [SIM] \add attacking them with\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* war-club \w or|strong="H2719"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w or|strong="H2719"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sharp|strong="H8150"\w* \w arrow|strong="H2671"\w*.   
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\v 19 Depending \w on|strong="H3117"\w* unreliable people \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w troubles|strong="H6869"\w*  
\q2 \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \add as bad\add* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \add trying to eat when\add* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* bad/hurting \w tooth|strong="H8127"\w* \w or|strong="H3117"\w* \add trying to walk when\add* \w your|strong="H3117"\w* \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* crippled.   
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\v 20 \w Singing|strong="H7891"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* someone \w who|strong="H7891"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* depressed \add just causes him to feel worse\add*;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w like|strong="H3820"\w* [SIM] taking \w off|strong="H5921"\w* clothes \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* very \w cold|strong="H7135"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*  
\q2 \w or|strong="H3117"\w* \w like|strong="H3820"\w* putting \w vinegar|strong="H2558"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wound.   
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\v 21 If \w your|strong="H8130"\w* \w enemies|strong="H8130"\w* \w are|strong="H4325"\w* \w hungry|strong="H7457"\w*, \w give|strong="H8248"\w* \w them|strong="H8130"\w* \w something|strong="H3899"\w* \w to|strong="H4325"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w*;  
\q2 if they \w are|strong="H4325"\w* \w thirsty|strong="H6771"\w*, \w give|strong="H8248"\w* \w them|strong="H8130"\w* \w something|strong="H3899"\w* \w to|strong="H4325"\w* \w drink|strong="H8248"\w*;   
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\v 22 doing \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* feel ashamed [IDM],  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w reward|strong="H7999"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* doing \w that|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 23 When \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* blows \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* right \w direction|strong="H6440"\w*, \w it|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \w rain|strong="H1653"\w*;  
\q2 \add similarly\add* [SIM], if \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w gossip|strong="H3956"\w* about others, \w that|strong="H3956"\w* causes \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w look|strong="H6440"\w* \w at|strong="H6440"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w* very angrily.   
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\v 24 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* ◄\add alone/by yourself\add*► \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w corner|strong="H6438"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w an|strong="H3427"\w* attic/\w housetop|strong="H1406"\w*  
\q2 \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w inside|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wife \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \add always\add* nagging.   
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\v 25 Receiving \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w news|strong="H8052"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* country \w far|strong="H4801"\w* \w away|strong="H4801"\w* refreshes \w our|strong="H5921"\w* spirits  
\q2 \w like|strong="H2896"\w* [SIM] \w cold|strong="H7119"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* refreshes \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w when|strong="H5921"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H4325"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* \w thirsty|strong="H5889"\w*.   
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\v 26 When \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*/\w good|strong="H6440"\w* \w person|strong="H6440"\w* ◄\w gives|strong="H4131"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w*/yields► \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add*,  
\q2 \w that|strong="H6662"\w* \w is|strong="H7563"\w* \add as bad\add* \w as|strong="H6440"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w spring|strong="H4599"\w* \w that|strong="H6662"\w* becomes muddied \w or|strong="H4599"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fountain|strong="H4726"\w* \w that|strong="H6662"\w* becomes \w polluted|strong="H7843"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w It|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H2896"\w* eat \w too|strong="H3808"\w* \w much|strong="H7235"\w* \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2896"\w* trying \w to|strong="H2896"\w* get \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H2896"\w* praise \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* also \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.   
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\v 28 People who ◄cannot \w control|strong="H4623"\w* \w their|strong="H6555"\w* tempers/quickly become very angry► \add are unable to defend their behavior\add*;  
\q2 \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w is|strong="H5892"\w* \w like|strong="H7307"\w* \add having\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w without|strong="H7307"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* around \w it|strong="H7307"\w*, \add with the result that no one can defend it\add*.   
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\v 1 Just \add like\add* [SIM] \add it is not appropriate for\add* \w snow|strong="H7950"\w* \add to fall\add* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w summer|strong="H7019"\w* \w time|strong="H7105"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* \add to fall\add* \w at|strong="H3808"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* \w time|strong="H7105"\w*,  
\q2 \w it|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w appropriate|strong="H5000"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* praise/\w honor|strong="H3519"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w Like|strong="H3651"\w* [SIM] \w birds|strong="H6833"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w fly|strong="H5774"\w* \w by|strong="H3808"\w* \add and do not alight/land on anything\add*,  
\q2 \w if|strong="H3651"\w* \w someone|strong="H5774"\w* \w curses|strong="H7045"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*, \w it|strong="H3651"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* hurt \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H3651"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* ◄do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* deserve them/\w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* done \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w him|strong="H2600"\w* \w what|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* wrong►.   
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\v 3 It \w is|strong="H3684"\w* necessary \w to|strong="H3684"\w* \w whip|strong="H7752"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w horse|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H5483"\w* \w to|strong="H3684"\w* put \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bridle|strong="H4964"\w* \w on|strong="H5483"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w* \add to force them to go where we want them to go\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5483"\w* similarly [SIM] \add it is often necessary to strike\add* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* people \w with|strong="H5483"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* stick \add to cause them to do what is right\add*.   
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\v 4 \w If|strong="H6435"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* person asks \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* question, \add do not answer him\add*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H6435"\w* \add if you answer his question\add*, \w you|strong="H6435"\w* \w are|strong="H1571"\w* \w just|strong="H1571"\w* \w as|strong="H1571"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w as|strong="H1571"\w* \w he|strong="H1571"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w If|strong="H6435"\w* \w you|strong="H6435"\w* \w give|strong="H6030"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* someone \w who|strong="H2450"\w* asks \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* question,  
\q2 he \w will|strong="H1961"\w* realize \w that|strong="H5869"\w* he \w is|strong="H1961"\w* ◄\w not|strong="H6435"\w* very \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*/\w foolish|strong="H3684"\w*►.   
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\v 6 Anyone \w who|strong="H3684"\w* asks \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w person|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w take|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* someone  
\q2 \add is himself doing something as foolish as\add* \w cutting|strong="H7096"\w* \w off|strong="H7096"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w own|strong="H3027"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*  
\q2 \w or|strong="H3027"\w* \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w* poison.   
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\v 7 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w lame|strong="H6455"\w* \w man|strong="H6455"\w* cannot use \w his|strong="H6310"\w* \w legs|strong="H7785"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6310"\w* similarly [SIM] \add it is useless for\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* person \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \w speak|strong="H6310"\w* [MTY] ◄\w proverbs|strong="H4912"\w*/wise \w sayings|strong="H6310"\w*►.   
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\v 8 Tying \w a|strong="H3068"\w* stone \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sling|strong="H4773"\w* \add so that it cannot be thrown at a target\add*  
\q2 \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \add as foolish as\add* [SIM] honoring \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* person.   
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\v 9 If \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w drunk|strong="H7910"\w* \w person|strong="H5927"\w* waves \w some|strong="H3027"\w* \w thorns|strong="H2336"\w*/\w brambles|strong="H2336"\w* \w with|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H3027"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*,  
\q2 \add he is not able to accomplish anything useful by doing that\add* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \add he does not feel it when a thorn sticks in his hand\add*);  
\q1 similarly, if \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* people \w speak|strong="H6310"\w* [MTY] \w proverbs|strong="H4912"\w*,  
\q2 \add they do not help anyone who hears them\add*.   
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\v 10 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* shoots arrows \add to try\add* \w to|strong="H5674"\w* wound everybody \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* near \add is foolish\add*;  
\q2 similarly, \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w hires|strong="H7936"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w person|strong="H7227"\w* \add who passes by is very foolish\add*.   
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\v 11 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* person \w will|strong="H3611"\w* foolishly \w do|strong="H8138"\w* something \w stupid|strong="H3684"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w second|strong="H8138"\w* \w time|strong="H8138"\w*;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3684"\w* \add like\add* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dog|strong="H3611"\w* \w returning|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \add eat\add* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* has vomited.   
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\v 12  \add God\add* \w can|strong="H7200"\w* \w help|strong="H4480"\w*/bless \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* easily  
\q2 \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w can|strong="H7200"\w* \w help|strong="H4480"\w*/bless \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w who|strong="H2450"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H7200"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* [RHQ], \w but|strong="H7200"\w* \w think|strong="H5869"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H7200"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Lazy|strong="H6102"\w* people \add just stay inside their houses and do nothing\add*;  
\q2 \add they keep\add* saying “\add I think\add* there \w is|strong="H1870"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lion|strong="H7826"\w* \w in|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w street|strong="H7339"\w*!”   
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\v 14 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w* \add continually\add* swings \w back|strong="H5437"\w* \w and|strong="H5437"\w* forth \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w hinges|strong="H6735"\w* \add and does not go anywhere\add*;  
\q2 similarly [SIM], \w lazy|strong="H6102"\w* people \add just continually turn over\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w beds|strong="H4296"\w* \add and never do anything\add*.   
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\v 15 \w Some|strong="H3027"\w* people \w are|strong="H3027"\w* extremely \w lazy|strong="H6102"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H6310"\w* \w put|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w in|strong="H7725"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dish|strong="H6747"\w* \add to get some food\add* \w but|strong="H7725"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H7725"\w* \add even\add* lift \w the|strong="H7725"\w* food \w up|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w mouths|strong="H6310"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w Lazy|strong="H6102"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w think|strong="H5869"\w* \w that|strong="H5869"\w* they \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w wiser|strong="H2450"\w* \w than|strong="H2450"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w*/several \w people|strong="H5869"\w*  
\q2 \w who|strong="H2450"\w* \w can|strong="H5869"\w* \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* \add others’ questions\add* \w with|strong="H7725"\w* \w good|strong="H5869"\w* sense.   
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\v 17 Anyone \w who|strong="H3808"\w* ◄\w meddles|strong="H5674"\w*/involves \w himself|strong="H2388"\w*► \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w quarrel|strong="H7379"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* concern \w him|strong="H5921"\w*  
\q2 \w is|strong="H3611"\w* \add as foolish as\add* [SIM] someone \w who|strong="H3808"\w* tries \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w grab|strong="H2388"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w passing|strong="H5674"\w* \w dog|strong="H3611"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* ears.   
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\v 18 Crazy \w people|strong="H4194"\w* who \w shoot|strong="H3384"\w* burning \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w* \w to|strong="H2671"\w* kill \w people|strong="H4194"\w*   
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\v 19 \w are|strong="H3808"\w* \w as|strong="H3651"\w* foolish \w as|strong="H3651"\w* those \w who|strong="H3808"\w* deceive someone \w else|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7453"\w* \add then\add* say, “\w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w was|strong="H3808"\w* only \w joking|strong="H7832"\w*.”   
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\v 20 If there \w is|strong="H6086"\w* no \add more\add* \w firewood|strong="H6086"\w* \add to put on the fire\add*, \w the|strong="H6086"\w* fire \w will|strong="H4066"\w* \w go|strong="H3518"\w* \w out|strong="H3518"\w*;  
\q2 similarly [SIM], if there are no people who ◄\w gossip|strong="H5372"\w*/tell people things \w that|strong="H6086"\w* are not true►, quarreling \w will|strong="H4066"\w* end.   
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\v 21  \add Putting\add* \w charcoal|strong="H6352"\w* \w on|strong="H6086"\w* burning \w coals|strong="H1513"\w* \w or|strong="H7379"\w* \add putting\add* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w on|strong="H6086"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fire|strong="H1513"\w* \add causes the fire to keep burning\add*;  
\q2 similarly, people who \w like|strong="H6086"\w* \w to|strong="H6086"\w* \w quarrel|strong="H7379"\w* \w cause|strong="H7379"\w* people \w to|strong="H6086"\w* keep arguing.   
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\v 22 People \add enjoy listening to what gossips say about others just like\add* [SIM] \w they|strong="H1992"\w* enjoy tasty food;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \add enjoy listening to what gossips tell them like\add* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* enjoy swallowing tasty food.   
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\v 23 \w People|strong="H3820"\w* who say nice \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w when|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H8193"\w* thinking \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w*  
\q2 \w are|strong="H8193"\w* \w like|strong="H3701"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* nice glaze/covering \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add cheap\add* \w clay|strong="H2789"\w* pot.   
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\v 24 \w Those|strong="H8130"\w* \w who|strong="H8130"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* someone \w and|strong="H4820"\w* \w are|strong="H8193"\w* saying [MTY] something very different \w from|strong="H8193"\w* what \w they|strong="H4820"\w* \w are|strong="H8193"\w* thinking \w are|strong="H8193"\w* hypocrites;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H4820"\w* \w are|strong="H8193"\w* only planning \add to harm that person\add*.   
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\v 25 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w say|strong="H6963"\w* nice \w things|strong="H8441"\w*, do \w not|strong="H3588"\w* believe \w them|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H6963"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* inner beings \w are|strong="H3820"\w* many \w things|strong="H8441"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add Yahweh\add* hates.   
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\v 26 \w They|strong="H1540"\w* try \w to|strong="H1540"\w* deceive people \w to|strong="H1540"\w* cause \w them|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H1540"\w* think \w that|strong="H7451"\w* \w they|strong="H1540"\w* do \w not|strong="H7451"\w* \w hate|strong="H8135"\w* \add that person\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H7451"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* public meeting, \w the|strong="H3680"\w* people \w will|strong="H6951"\w* find \w out|strong="H7451"\w* \w the|strong="H3680"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \add that they have done\add*.   
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\v 27 Those who \w dig|strong="H3738"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* deep \w pit|strong="H7845"\w* \add for other people to fall into\add* \w will|strong="H5307"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w into|strong="H7725"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1556"\w*;  
\q2 rocks \w will|strong="H5307"\w* \w roll|strong="H1556"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w on|strong="H5307"\w* those who start \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w cause|strong="H7725"\w* rocks \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w roll|strong="H1556"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \add to crush someone\add*.   
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\v 28 \w Those|strong="H8130"\w* [MTY] \w who|strong="H8130"\w* tell \w lies|strong="H8267"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* others \add really\add* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w those|strong="H8130"\w* \w who|strong="H8130"\w* deceive \add others\add* \w ruin|strong="H4072"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w Do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w boast|strong="H1984"\w* \w about|strong="H3045"\w* \add what you will do\add* \w tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* happen [PRS] \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w any|strong="H3588"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w Do|strong="H8193"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w praise|strong="H1984"\w* yourself [MTY, PRS]; allow others \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \w praise|strong="H1984"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*.  
\q2 If someone \w else|strong="H3808"\w* \w praises|strong="H1984"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*, \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H6310"\w* okay.   
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\v 3  \add It causes pain to our bodies to carry heavy\add* stones \w or|strong="H8147"\w* \add a pail full of\add* \w sand|strong="H2344"\w*,  
\q2 but doing something stupid/foolish \add can cause\add* \w great|strong="H3515"\w* \add pain to other people’s spirits.\add*   
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\v 4 \w It|strong="H6440"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* cruel \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w be|strong="H6440"\w* \w angry|strong="H2534"\w* \add with others\add*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w our|strong="H6440"\w* being \w angry|strong="H2534"\w* sometimes destroys \add others\add*,  
\q2 but being jealous \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w someone|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* [RHQ] often more cruel \w than|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H4310"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w It|strong="H1540"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H1540"\w* correct someone openly  
\q2 \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H1540"\w* \w show|strong="H1540"\w* \w that|strong="H2896"\w* \w you|strong="H1540"\w* l don’t love \w that|strong="H2896"\w* person \add by not correcting him\add*.   
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\v 6 If \w a|strong="H3068"\w* friend criticizes \w you|strong="H8130"\w*, \add he is a good friend and\add* \w you|strong="H8130"\w* can trust \w him|strong="H8130"\w*;  
\q2 but if one \w of|strong="H8130"\w* \w your|strong="H6280"\w* \w enemies|strong="H8130"\w* \w kisses|strong="H5390"\w* \w you|strong="H8130"\w*, he \w is|strong="H8130"\w* \add probably wanting to\add* deceive \w you|strong="H8130"\w*.   
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\v 7 When \w someone|strong="H5315"\w*’s stomach \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w full|strong="H7649"\w*, \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w does|strong="H5315"\w* \w not|strong="H5315"\w* \w want|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H5315"\w* eat \w honey|strong="H5317"\w*;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3605"\w* when \w someone|strong="H5315"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \add very\add* \w hungry|strong="H7457"\w*, \w he|strong="H3605"\w* thinks \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \add even\add* \w bitter|strong="H4751"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* taste \w sweet|strong="H4966"\w*.   
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\v 8 Anyone who \w wanders|strong="H5074"\w* \add far\add* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w his|strong="H4480"\w* \w home|strong="H4725"\w*/family  
\q2 \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bird|strong="H6833"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w far|strong="H4480"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w its|strong="H4480"\w* \w nest|strong="H7064"\w*.   
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\v 9  \add Putting olive\add* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w and|strong="H8081"\w* \w perfume|strong="H7004"\w* \w on|strong="H7004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w person|strong="H5315"\w*’s skin causes \w him|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* feel good,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3820"\w* \w having|strong="H5315"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w friend|strong="H7453"\w* \add who gives\add* good \w advice|strong="H6098"\w* \add is even better\add*.   
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\v 10 Do not \w neglect|strong="H5800"\w* \w your|strong="H5800"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w* \w or|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H5800"\w* parents’ \w friends|strong="H7453"\w*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w experiencing|strong="H2896"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7463"\w*, do not \w go|strong="H5800"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w relative|strong="H7138"\w* \add who lives far away to request his help\add*;  
\q2 someone \w who|strong="H2896"\w* lives \w near|strong="H7138"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w can|strong="H1004"\w* \w help|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* more \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w relatives|strong="H7138"\w* \w who|strong="H2896"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w* \w far|strong="H7350"\w* \w away|strong="H7350"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w My|strong="H7725"\w* \w child|strong="H1121"\w*/\w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w cause|strong="H1697"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w happy|strong="H8055"\w* \w by|strong="H7725"\w* becoming \w wise|strong="H2449"\w*,  
\q2 \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w order|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \add know how to\add* \w reply|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w would|strong="H1697"\w* criticize \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \add about your behavior\add*.   
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\v 12 Those who \w have|strong="H7200"\w* good sense \w will|strong="H6612"\w* \w realize|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w there|strong="H7200"\w* \w is|strong="H7451"\w* something \w dangerous|strong="H7451"\w* ahead, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H7200"\w* \w will|strong="H6612"\w* \w hide|strong="H5641"\w*;  
\q2 those who do \w not|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* good sense \add just\add* \w keep|strong="H7200"\w* \w going|strong="H5674"\w*, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* later \w they|strong="H7200"\w* \w will|strong="H6612"\w* suffer because \w of|strong="H7451"\w* \add doing\add* \w that|strong="H7200"\w*.   
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\v 13  \add You deserve to\add* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* property \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*  
\q2 \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add foolishly\add* promise \w to|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w stranger|strong="H2114"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w strange|strong="H2114"\w* \w woman|strong="H5237"\w*) \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H2114"\w* pay \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* owes \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3588"\w* unable \w to|strong="H3947"\w* pay \w it|strong="H3588"\w* [DOU].   
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\v 14 \w If|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H1288"\w* \w rise|strong="H7925"\w* \w early|strong="H7925"\w* \w in|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H1288"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* call \w out|strong="H1419"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* greeting \w to|strong="H2803"\w* \w your|strong="H1288"\w* \w neighbor|strong="H7453"\w* \add while he is still sleeping\add*,  
\q2 \w he|strong="H1242"\w* \w will|strong="H6963"\w* \w consider|strong="H2803"\w* \w it|strong="H1242"\w* \w to|strong="H2803"\w* \w be|strong="H1288"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w curse|strong="H7045"\w*, \add not a blessing\add*.   
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\v 15  \add Having\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wife \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \add constantly\add* nagging  
\q2 \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \add bad as listening\add* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w rain|strong="H5464"\w* \w continually|strong="H3117"\w* \w dripping|strong="H1812"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w rainy|strong="H5464"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 16  \add Trying\add* \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w restrain|strong="H6845"\w*/stop \w her|strong="H7121"\w* \add from doing that\add* \w is|strong="H7307"\w* \w as|strong="H3225"\w* \add difficult\add* [SIM] \add as trying\add* \w to|strong="H7121"\w* stop \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*  
\q2 \w or|strong="H3225"\w* \add trying\add* \w to|strong="H7121"\w* hold \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w in|strong="H7121"\w* \w your|strong="H7121"\w* \w hand|strong="H3225"\w*.   
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\v 17  \add We can use one\add* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* tool \w to|strong="H6440"\w* sharpen \add another\add* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \add tool\add*;  
\q2 similarly [SIM], \add when one person shares\add* what \w he|strong="H6440"\w* \w is|strong="H6440"\w* thinking, \w it|strong="H6440"\w* can help \w other|strong="H7453"\w* people \add to think more clearly\add*.   
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\v 18 Those \w who|strong="H8104"\w* \w take|strong="H8104"\w* \w care|strong="H8104"\w* \w of|strong="H6529"\w* \w fig|strong="H8384"\w* \w trees|strong="H8384"\w* \w will|strong="H5341"\w* \w have|strong="H8104"\w* \w figs|strong="H8384"\w* \w to|strong="H8104"\w* eat;  
\q2 \add similarly\add*, servants \w who|strong="H8104"\w* \w protect|strong="H8104"\w* \w their|strong="H8104"\w* master \w will|strong="H5341"\w* be \w honored|strong="H3513"\w* \add by him\add*.   
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\v 19  \add When a person looks\add* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, \w he|strong="H3651"\w* sees \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w own|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*;  
\q2 similarly [SIM], \add when we look at\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w person|strong="H6440"\w*’s behavior, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* know \w what|strong="H3651"\w* \w he|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* thinking.   
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\v 20  \add It is as though\add* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* place \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* dead \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w is|strong="H5869"\w* always wanting \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5869"\w* \add die and\add* come there;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5869"\w* humans [SYN] \w are|strong="H5869"\w* always wanting \w to|strong="H5869"\w* acquire \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w*, \add too\add*.   
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\v 21  \add Workers put\add* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w in|strong="H3701"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* very hot \w furnace|strong="H3564"\w* \add to burn out what is impure\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3701"\w* [SIM] people learn \add what we are really like when they see how we react when people\add* \w praise|strong="H4110"\w* us.   
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\v 22 \w Even|strong="H3808"\w* if \w you|strong="H5921"\w* beat/crush \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fool severely \add like\add* [MET] \w you|strong="H5921"\w* pulverize \w grain|strong="H7383"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w pestle|strong="H5940"\w*,  
\q2 \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \add probably\add* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H5921"\w* cause \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w stop|strong="H5493"\w* ◄being foolish/doing foolish \w things|strong="H3808"\w*►.   
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\v 23 \w Take|strong="H3045"\w* \w good|strong="H6440"\w* care \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*  
\q1 \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w herds|strong="H5739"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w cattle|strong="H6629"\w*,   
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\v 24 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* money \add that you acquired from selling animals previously\add* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* ◄\w last|strong="H5769"\w*/stay \w with|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*► \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*;  
\q2 similarly [SIM], governments [MTY] \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w last|strong="H5769"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w After|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w* cut \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w hay|strong="H2682"\w* [DOU] \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \add store it to feed the animals in the winter while\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w new|strong="H1877"\w* crop \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w hay|strong="H2682"\w* \w is|strong="H2682"\w* growing,   
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\v 26 you \w will|strong="H7704"\w* \w be|strong="H3830"\w* able \w to|strong="H7704"\w* \add shear the sheep and\add* make \w clothes|strong="H3830"\w* \w from|strong="H7704"\w* \w the|strong="H7704"\w* wool,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7704"\w* you \w will|strong="H7704"\w* get money \w from|strong="H7704"\w* selling \add some of\add* \w the|strong="H7704"\w* \w goats|strong="H6260"\w* \w to|strong="H7704"\w* buy \add more\add* \w land|strong="H7704"\w*,   
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\v 27 \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H1767"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* get \w enough|strong="H1767"\w* \w milk|strong="H2461"\w* \w from|strong="H3899"\w* \w the|strong="H1004"\w* \add other\add* \w goats|strong="H5795"\w*  
\q2 \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H1767"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H1004"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H1004"\w* \w female|strong="H5795"\w* servants.   
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\v 1 \w Wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* \w run|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H5127"\w* \add even\add* \w when|strong="H5127"\w* \w no|strong="H7563"\w* \w one|strong="H6662"\w* \w is|strong="H7563"\w* \w pursuing|strong="H7291"\w* \w them|strong="H7291"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7563"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*/good \add people are not afraid\add*; they \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w as|strong="H7291"\w* brave \w as|strong="H7291"\w* \w lions|strong="H3715"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w When|strong="H3045"\w* \add the people of\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* nation \w sin|strong="H6588"\w*, \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H7227"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w one|strong="H7227"\w* \w ruler|strong="H8269"\w* after another;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3651"\w* \w when|strong="H3045"\w* \w their|strong="H3045"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \w are|strong="H6588"\w* wise \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* good sense, \w their|strong="H3045"\w* government \w will|strong="H7227"\w* last \w for|strong="H3045"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H7227"\w* \w time|strong="H7227"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* person \w who|strong="H1397"\w* \w oppresses|strong="H6231"\w* \add other\add* \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* \add people\add*  
\q2 \w is|strong="H3899"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* very heavy/hard \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* \w that|strong="H1397"\w* \add destroys the crops\add*, \w with|strong="H3899"\w* \w the|strong="H6231"\w* result \w that|strong="H1397"\w* there \w is|strong="H3899"\w* no \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \add for people to eat\add*.   
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\v 4 Those \w who|strong="H8104"\w* \w reject|strong="H5800"\w*/disobey \add God’s\add* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* always speak well \w of|strong="H8451"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add*;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7563"\w* those \w who|strong="H8104"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \add God’s\add* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \add always\add* oppose what \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H5800"\w* \w do|strong="H8104"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* understand \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w it|strong="H3068"\w* means \w to|strong="H3068"\w* act \w justly|strong="H4941"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* try \w to|strong="H3068"\w* obey/worship \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* understand \w that|strong="H3605"\w* very well.   
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\v 6 \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w be|strong="H1870"\w* honest \add even\add* \w though|strong="H1931"\w* \w you|strong="H1870"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* \w poor|strong="H7326"\w*  
\q2 \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w be|strong="H1870"\w* dishonest \add even\add* \w though|strong="H1931"\w* \w you|strong="H1870"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* \w rich|strong="H6223"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Young|strong="H1121"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w obey|strong="H8451"\w* \w the|strong="H5341"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* wise [IDM];  
\q2 parents \w whose|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w associate|strong="H7462"\w* \w with|strong="H1121"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* ◄carouse/go \w to|strong="H1121"\w* wild parties► \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w humiliated|strong="H3637"\w*/\w disgraced|strong="H3637"\w* because \w of|strong="H1121"\w* what \w their|strong="H7462"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* do.   
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\v 8 \w When|strong="H7235"\w* \w people|strong="H6908"\w* become \w very|strong="H7235"\w* \w rich|strong="H1952"\w* \w by|strong="H1952"\w* charging \w very|strong="H7235"\w* \w high|strong="H7235"\w* \w interest|strong="H5392"\w* [DOU],  
\q2 \w their|strong="H7235"\w* money \w will|strong="H1800"\w* \add eventually\add* go \w to|strong="H6908"\w* someone \w who|strong="H1800"\w* \w does|strong="H5392"\w* kind things \w for|strong="H1800"\w* \w the|strong="H6908"\w* \w poor|strong="H1800"\w*.   
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\v 9 If \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w do|strong="H5493"\w* \w not|strong="H8085"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* [MTY] \add God’s\add* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w*,  
\q2 \add God\add* ◄detests \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w prayers|strong="H8605"\w*/considers \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w prayers|strong="H8605"\w* stink►.   
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\v 10 \w Those|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* cause honest/\w good|strong="H2896"\w* \add people\add* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*  
\q2 \w will|strong="H3477"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w into|strong="H5307"\w* \w their|strong="H5307"\w* \w own|strong="H5157"\w* pits/traps,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1870"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w will|strong="H3477"\w* happen \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w those|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* ◄\w are|strong="H1870"\w* \w innocent|strong="H8549"\w*/\w have|strong="H5157"\w* \w not|strong="H1870"\w* \w done|strong="H7451"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w wrong|strong="H7451"\w*►.   
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\v 11  \add Many\add* \w rich|strong="H6223"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w think|strong="H5869"\w* \w that|strong="H5869"\w* they \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*,  
\q2 but \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w who|strong="H2450"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w good|strong="H5869"\w* sense \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w find|strong="H2713"\w* \w out|strong="H2713"\w* whether \w rich|strong="H6223"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* really \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w or|strong="H1800"\w* \w not|strong="H5869"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w When|strong="H6965"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*/\w good|strong="H6965"\w* \add people\add* ◄\w succeed|strong="H6965"\w*/win \add elections\add*►, everyone ◄celebrates/\w is|strong="H7563"\w* happy►;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7563"\w* \w when|strong="H6965"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people win\add*, everyone hides \add because they are afraid of what the wicked people will do\add*.   
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\v 13 Those \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w refuse|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w confess|strong="H3034"\w*/admit \w their|strong="H3680"\w* \w sins|strong="H6588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \add God\add* \w acts|strong="H6588"\w* mercifully/kindly toward those \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w confess|strong="H3034"\w* \w their|strong="H3680"\w* \w sins|strong="H6588"\w* \w and|strong="H3034"\w* turn away \w from|strong="H3680"\w* \w their|strong="H3680"\w* sinful behavior.   
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\v 14  \add God\add* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* pleased \w with|strong="H3820"\w* those who \w always|strong="H8548"\w* revere \w him|strong="H7185"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3820"\w* those who \w are|strong="H3820"\w* \w stubborn|strong="H7185"\w* [IDM] \w will|strong="H3820"\w* experience \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \add mistreat\add* \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w whom|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w rule|strong="H4910"\w*  
\q2 \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \add as dangerous to them as\add* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lion \w roaring|strong="H5098"\w* \add at them\add* \w or|strong="H5971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bear|strong="H1677"\w* springing \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \add to attack them\add*.   
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\v 16 \w Rulers|strong="H5057"\w* \w who|strong="H2638"\w* do not \w have|strong="H3117"\w* good sense cruelly oppress \add the people they rule\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3117"\w* \w rulers|strong="H5057"\w* \w who|strong="H2638"\w* do not \w want|strong="H2638"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* become rich \w by|strong="H3117"\w* cheating/deceiving \add people\add* \w will|strong="H7227"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w rule|strong="H5057"\w*) \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Those|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w are|strong="H5315"\w* guilty \w of|strong="H1818"\w* murdering [MTY] \w another|strong="H1818"\w* \w person|strong="H5315"\w*  
\q2 \w will|strong="H5315"\w* ◄\w be|strong="H5315"\w* \w fugitives|strong="H5127"\w*/keep running \w away|strong="H5127"\w*► \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* die;  
\q2 do \w not|strong="H5315"\w* help \w them|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w escape|strong="H5127"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w Those|strong="H3467"\w* \w who|strong="H1980"\w* \add continually\add* \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w what|strong="H1870"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* right \w will|strong="H5307"\w* \w be|strong="H1870"\w* \w safe|strong="H3467"\w*/\w protected|strong="H3467"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1870"\w* \w those|strong="H3467"\w* \w who|strong="H1980"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* dishonest \w will|strong="H5307"\w* \add suddenly\add* \w be|strong="H1870"\w* ruined.   
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\v 19 Farmers who \w work|strong="H5647"\w* \add hard\add* \w in|strong="H3899"\w* \w their|strong="H5647"\w* fields \w will|strong="H7389"\w* \add produce good crops and always\add* \w have|strong="H7646"\w* \w plenty|strong="H7646"\w* \w of|strong="H3899"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \add to eat\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H5647"\w* \w those|strong="H7291"\w* who spend all \w their|strong="H5647"\w* time ◄\w on|strong="H3899"\w* useless projects/doing things \w that|strong="H3899"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* not benefit anyone► \w will|strong="H7389"\w* \w become|strong="H5647"\w* very poor.   
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\v 20  \add God\add* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w greatly|strong="H7227"\w* bless those \w who|strong="H7227"\w* ◄\w are|strong="H7227"\w* trustworthy/always do what \w they|strong="H3808"\w* say \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* do►,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* punish [LIT] those \w who|strong="H7227"\w* try \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w become|strong="H6238"\w* \w rich|strong="H6238"\w* quickly.   
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\v 21 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \add for judges\add* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* decide matters unfairly/unjustly,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \add some\add* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* do \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* wrong \add even\add* if \w they|strong="H3808"\w* receive \add only\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* small bribe [HYP] \add for doing it\add*.   
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\v 22 \w Selfish|strong="H7451"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* [IDM] \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w very|strong="H3045"\w* eager \w to|strong="H3045"\w* become \w rich|strong="H1952"\w* quickly;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w realize|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \add soon\add* become poor.   
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\v 23 Those \w who|strong="H4672"\w* \w rebuke|strong="H3198"\w* someone \w will|strong="H3956"\w* \w be|strong="H3956"\w* appreciated/thanked \w more|strong="H4672"\w*  
\q2 \w than|strong="H2505"\w* those \w who|strong="H4672"\w* \add say nice things to others merely\add* \w to|strong="H4672"\w* ◄\w flatter|strong="H2505"\w* \w them|strong="H4672"\w*/cause \w them|strong="H4672"\w* \w to|strong="H4672"\w* feel good►.   
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\v 24 \w Anyone|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* steals things from \w his|strong="H7843"\w* father or \w his|strong="H7843"\w* mother  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7843"\w* says “\w That|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* not sinful”  
\q2 \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w as|strong="H2270"\w* bad \w as|strong="H2270"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* bandit.   
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\v 25 \w Greedy|strong="H5315"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* cause trouble/\w strife|strong="H4066"\w*;  
\q2 \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* trust \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w prosper|strong="H1878"\w* [IDM].   
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\v 26 \w Those|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* believe \w that|strong="H1931"\w* what \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w think|strong="H3820"\w* \add is always right\add* \w are|strong="H3820"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w*;  
\q2 \w those|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w act|strong="H1980"\w* \w wisely|strong="H2451"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* ◄\w escape|strong="H4422"\w* danger/\w be|strong="H3820"\w* safe►.   
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\v 27 Those \w who|strong="H7227"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w things|strong="H7227"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* \add people\add* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* become \w poor|strong="H7326"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7326"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \add people\add* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w curse|strong="H3994"\w* those \w who|strong="H7227"\w* refuse \w to|strong="H5414"\w* help [IDM] \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w When|strong="H7235"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* become rulers, \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* \add because they are afraid of what those wicked people will do\add*;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7563"\w* \w when|strong="H7235"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w no|strong="H6965"\w* longer rulers, \w good|strong="H6965"\w*/\w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people will\add* become \w the|strong="H6965"\w* rulers.   
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\v 1 Some people remain \w stubborn|strong="H7185"\w* [IDM] \add even\add* though they are often \w reproved|strong="H8433"\w*/warned \add about doing what is wrong\add*,  
\q1 \add but some day\add* they \w will|strong="H8433"\w* \w be|strong="H6621"\w* \w crushed|strong="H7665"\w*/ruined, \w and|strong="H7665"\w* nothing \w will|strong="H8433"\w* \w be|strong="H6621"\w* able \w to|strong="H4832"\w* heal \w them|strong="H7665"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w When|strong="H7235"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w rulers|strong="H4910"\w*, \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w happy|strong="H8055"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7563"\w* \w when|strong="H7235"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* \w rule|strong="H4910"\w*, \w people|strong="H5971"\w* ◄groan/\w are|strong="H5971"\w* miserable►.   
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\v 3 Those \w who|strong="H7462"\w* \w are|strong="H7462"\w* eager \w to|strong="H8055"\w* \w become|strong="H2181"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* cause \w their|strong="H7462"\w* parents \w to|strong="H8055"\w* \w be|strong="H2451"\w* \w glad|strong="H8055"\w*;  
\q2 those \w who|strong="H7462"\w* spend \w their|strong="H7462"\w* time \w with|strong="H8055"\w* \w prostitutes|strong="H2181"\w* \w will|strong="H2451"\w* end \w up|strong="H7462"\w* giving all \w their|strong="H7462"\w* money \w to|strong="H8055"\w* \w them|strong="H8055"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w When|strong="H5975"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w rules|strong="H4428"\w* \w justly|strong="H4941"\w*/\w fairly|strong="H4941"\w*, \w he|strong="H4428"\w* causes \w his|strong="H4428"\w* nation \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* strong,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w is|strong="H4428"\w* concerned \add only\add* \w with|strong="H4428"\w* getting more money \w from|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H5975"\w* people ruins \w his|strong="H4428"\w* nation.   
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\v 5 \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H1397"\w* ◄\w flatter|strong="H2505"\w* others/say nice things \w to|strong="H5921"\w* others \add merely\add* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* cause \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* feel good► \w are|strong="H1397"\w* really setting \w a|strong="H3068"\w* trap \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5921"\w*) [SYN].   
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\v 6 \w Evil|strong="H7451"\w* people \w will|strong="H6662"\w* \w be|strong="H6662"\w* trapped \w by|strong="H7451"\w* \w the|strong="H8055"\w* \w sins|strong="H6588"\w* \w that|strong="H7451"\w* \w they|strong="H7451"\w* commit,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H6662"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*/honest people \w will|strong="H6662"\w* \w sing|strong="H7442"\w* \w and|strong="H8055"\w* \w be|strong="H6662"\w* \w joyful|strong="H8055"\w*/\w happy|strong="H8055"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Righteous|strong="H6662"\w*/Good \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* \add people\add* \w should|strong="H7563"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* treated \w fairly|strong="H6662"\w*/justly,  
\q2 \add but\add* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* ◄\w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w concerned|strong="H3045"\w* \w about|strong="H3045"\w*/do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H3045"\w* \w attention|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H3045"\w*► those matters \w at|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H3045"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Those|strong="H2450"\w* \w who|strong="H2450"\w* \w make|strong="H7725"\w* fun \w of|strong="H7151"\w* \add everything that is good say things that\add* \w cause|strong="H7725"\w* \add everyone in\add* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w city|strong="H7151"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* ◄\w be|strong="H7725"\w* agitated/\w in|strong="H7725"\w* turmoil►;  
\q2 \w those|strong="H2450"\w* \w who|strong="H2450"\w* \w are|strong="H2450"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* enable \add people\add* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* remain calm.   
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\v 9 If \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w person|strong="H8199"\w* sues \w a|strong="H3068"\w* foolish \w person|strong="H8199"\w*,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H8199"\w* foolish \w person|strong="H8199"\w* merely \w laughs|strong="H7832"\w* \add at him\add* \w and|strong="H2450"\w* yells \add at him\add* \w and|strong="H2450"\w* \w will|strong="H2450"\w* not \w be|strong="H8199"\w* \w quiet|strong="H5183"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \add the dispute will\add* not \w be|strong="H8199"\w* resolved).   
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\v 10 \w Those|strong="H8130"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* murder \w others|strong="H5315"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* ◄\w are|strong="H5315"\w* honest/always do \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*►,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1245"\w* \w righteous|strong="H3477"\w* \add people\add* try \w to|strong="H1245"\w* protect \w them|strong="H8130"\w*.   
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\v 11 People \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H2450"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w are|strong="H2450"\w* patient \w and|strong="H3318"\w* restrain/control themselves \w when|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H2450"\w* angry,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3605"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* people ◄quickly show others \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H2450"\w* very angry/\w do|strong="H3318"\w* \w not|strong="H3318"\w* restrain themselves \w at|strong="H3318"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*►.   
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\v 12 If \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w ruler|strong="H4910"\w* ◄\w pays|strong="H7181"\w* \w attention|strong="H7181"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w*/believes► \add people who tell\add* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*,  
\q2 \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* officials \w will|strong="H7563"\w* \add also\add* become \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w There|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H8147"\w* thing \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w* about \w both|strong="H8147"\w* \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* those \w who|strong="H3068"\w* oppress \w them|strong="H8147"\w*:  
\q2 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* enables \w all|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H8147"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H5869"\w*.   
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\v 14 If \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* \add people\add* fairly,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H4428"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* continue \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w rule|strong="H4428"\w* \w for|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* long time.   
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\v 15 If \w children|strong="H5288"\w* \w are|strong="H5288"\w* punished/spanked \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w reproved|strong="H8433"\w*/warned,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H5414"\w* become \w wise|strong="H7971"\w*;  
\q1 but if \w they|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H5288"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* do whatever \w they|strong="H5414"\w* want \w to|strong="H7971"\w* do,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H5414"\w* \add do things that\add* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* mothers \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* ashamed \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* rule, \w there|strong="H7200"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* \w crimes|strong="H6588"\w* committed {\w people|strong="H7563"\w* commit \w more|strong="H7235"\w* \w crimes|strong="H6588"\w*},  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7200"\w* \add some day\add* those \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* ◄\w be|strong="H7563"\w* defeated/\w no|strong="H7200"\w* longer rule►, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* happen.   
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\v 17 \w If|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w discipline|strong="H3256"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, \w they|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w no|strong="H5414"\w* longer \add do things that\add* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* worried;  
\q2 instead, \w they|strong="H5315"\w* \add will do things that\add* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w delight|strong="H4574"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* [SYN].   
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\v 18 When \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add of a nation\add* \w do|strong="H8104"\w* \w not|strong="H5971"\w* receive messages \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w come|strong="H5971"\w* directly \w from|strong="H5971"\w* God, \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w do|strong="H8104"\w* \w not|strong="H5971"\w* \w control|strong="H6544"\w* \w their|strong="H8104"\w* behavior.  
\q2 \add God\add* \w is|strong="H8451"\w* pleased \w with|strong="H5971"\w* those \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* possible \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w correct|strong="H3256"\w*/\w discipline|strong="H3256"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w by|strong="H3808"\w* \w talking|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* understand \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* pay attention \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 20  \add God\add* can \w help|strong="H4480"\w*/bless \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* people \w more|strong="H4480"\w* easily [RHQ]  
\q2 \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* can \w help|strong="H4480"\w*/bless people \w who|strong="H3684"\w* \w speak|strong="H1697"\w* \w without|strong="H4480"\w* thinking first.   
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\v 21 \w If|strong="H1961"\w* someone gives \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* everything \w that|strong="H5650"\w* they want, \w starting|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* they \w are|strong="H5650"\w* young,  
\q2 some day \w those|strong="H1961"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w take|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H1961"\w* everything \w that|strong="H5650"\w* he owns.   
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\v 22 Those \w who|strong="H7227"\w* \add quickly\add* become \w angry|strong="H2534"\w* cause \add many\add* arguments,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2534"\w* \w they|strong="H1167"\w* \add also\add* commit \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w sins|strong="H6588"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w Proud|strong="H1346"\w* people \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \w be|strong="H7307"\w* disgraced;  
\q2 those who are \w humble|strong="H8217"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \w be|strong="H7307"\w* respected.   
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\v 24 \w Those|strong="H8085"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* help \w thieves|strong="H1590"\w* \add to steal\add* only hurt \w themselves|strong="H5315"\w*;  
\q2 \add when they are in court\add*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* solemnly ask \add God\add* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* curse \w them|strong="H8130"\w* \add if they do not tell the truth\add*,  
\q1 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H8085"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w truth|strong="H3808"\w* \add about the crime that was committed\add*,  
\q2 \add and as a result, God will curse them\add*.   
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\v 25 \w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* dangerous \w trap|strong="H4170"\w* [MET] \add for people\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* ◄afraid \w of|strong="H3068"\w*/worried about► what others \w will|strong="H3068"\w* think about \w them|strong="H5414"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3068"\w* those \w who|strong="H3068"\w* trust \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w safe|strong="H7682"\w*/protected.   
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\v 26 \w Many|strong="H7227"\w* \add people\add* \w request|strong="H1245"\w* \w rulers|strong="H4910"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w things|strong="H7227"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* help \w them|strong="H6440"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1245"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \add the only one\add* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* surely \w does|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* people \w what|strong="H4941"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* fair/\w just|strong="H4941"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w Righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add* \w hate|strong="H8441"\w*/detest those \w who|strong="H6662"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w is|strong="H7563"\w* \w evil|strong="H7563"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* \w hate|strong="H8441"\w* \add those whose behavior is always\add* good.   
\c 30  
\s1 Wise sayings from Agur  
\p
\v 1 These \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w sayings|strong="H1697"\w*/\w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* God gave \w to|strong="H1121"\w* Agur, \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jakeh|strong="H3348"\w*.  
\q1 \add Agur wrote them\add* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* Ithiel \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Ucal.   
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\v 2 \w It|strong="H3588"\w* seems \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am very \w stupid|strong="H1198"\w*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* deserve \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* considered \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* human;  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* good sense \w that|strong="H3588"\w* humans \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3 \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w learned|strong="H3925"\w* \add how to become\add* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2451"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \add much\add* \w about|strong="H3045"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4  \add But let me say this\add*:  
\q1 \w No|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* [RHQ] \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w ascended|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \add to find out what God is like\add* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w returned|strong="H5927"\w* \add to tell us\add*.  
\q1 \w No|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* [RHQ] \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w gathered|strong="H3588"\w*/held \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H2651"\w*.  
\q1 \w No|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* [RHQ] \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w wrapped|strong="H6887"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \add in the ocean\add* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \add a piece of\add* \w cloth|strong="H8071"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* [RHQ] \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w established|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* boundaries \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H5927"\w*.  
\q1 \add If you know who has done those things, tell me\add* [RHQ] \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w names|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* [SAR]!  
\q1 \add But you do not know who has done those things, so you cannot speak with authority about what God is like\add*.   
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\v 5 \w Everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* God \w has|strong="H3605"\w* said \w is|strong="H1931"\w* true;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shield|strong="H4043"\w* [MET] \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* request \w him|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3605"\w* protect \w them|strong="H1931"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w Do|strong="H3254"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* \w add|strong="H3254"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, change) \w what|strong="H1697"\w* God \w has|strong="H1697"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*;  
\q2 \w if|strong="H6435"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H3254"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w*, \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w rebuke|strong="H3198"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1697"\w* show \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w lying|strong="H3576"\w*.   
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\v 7  \add God\add*, \w I|strong="H2962"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* do \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w things|strong="H8147"\w* \w for|strong="H4191"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w*;  
\q2 \add please\add* do \w them|strong="H8147"\w* \w before|strong="H4480"\w* \w I|strong="H2962"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*:   
\q1
\v 8 \w Help|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* never \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w lie|strong="H3577"\w* \w or|strong="H3899"\w* deceive \add people\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3899"\w* \w do|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w cause|strong="H1697"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* become poor \w or|strong="H3899"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* become \w rich|strong="H6239"\w*.  
\q2 \add Just\add* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w need|strong="H1697"\w*;   
\q1
\v 9 \w because|strong="H6435"\w* \w if|strong="H6435"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H3423"\w* rich,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w might|strong="H6435"\w* say \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* [RHQ] know \w you|strong="H6435"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* need \w you|strong="H6435"\w*;  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w if|strong="H6435"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H3423"\w* \w poor|strong="H3423"\w*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w might|strong="H6435"\w* dishonor \w you|strong="H6435"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w stealing|strong="H1589"\w* things.   
\s1 More wise sayings  
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\v 10 Do \w not|strong="H6435"\w* ◄\w slander|strong="H3960"\w*/say bad things about► \w a|strong="H3068"\w* worker \w to|strong="H5650"\w* \w his|strong="H7043"\w* boss;  
\q2 \w if|strong="H6435"\w* \w you|strong="H6435"\w* do \w that|strong="H5650"\w*, \w the|strong="H5650"\w* worker \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w curse|strong="H7043"\w* \w you|strong="H6435"\w*, \w and|strong="H5650"\w* cause \w you|strong="H6435"\w* \w to|strong="H5650"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* trouble.   
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\v 11  \add I will list four kinds of evil things that people do\add*:  
\q1 Some \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w curse|strong="H7043"\w* \w their|strong="H3808"\w* fathers \w and|strong="H3808"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add ask God to\add* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w their|strong="H3808"\w* mothers.   
\q1
\v 12 Some \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w think|strong="H5869"\w* \w that|strong="H5869"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* perfect,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \add really\add* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* cleansed \w from|strong="H5869"\w* \w their|strong="H7364"\w* guilt \w for|strong="H5869"\w* committing disgusting sins.   
\q1
\v 13 Some \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* very \w proud|strong="H7311"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H4100"\w* \w think|strong="H5869"\w* \w that|strong="H5869"\w* \w they|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* very \w good|strong="H5869"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w they|strong="H4100"\w* despise others.   
\q1
\v 14 Some people \add act very cruelly toward others\add*;  
\q2 \add it is as though\add* [MET] \w they|strong="H2719"\w* have \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w* \w that|strong="H2719"\w* \w are|strong="H8127"\w* \add like\add* \w sharp|strong="H8127"\w* \w knives|strong="H2719"\w*;  
\q1 \w they|strong="H2719"\w* severely oppress \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* \add people\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6041"\w* try \w to|strong="H1755"\w* cause them \w to|strong="H1755"\w* disappear \w from|strong="H2719"\w* \w the|strong="H2719"\w* land.   
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\v 15 Leeches \add are always wanting more blood to suck\add*;  
\q2 \add similarly, greedy people are always\add* saying “\w Give|strong="H3051"\w* \add me some\add*!” \w or|strong="H3808"\w* “\w Give|strong="H3051"\w* \add me more\add*!” [MET]  
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\q1 There \w are|strong="H1323"\w* \w four|strong="H7969"\w* \w things|strong="H7969"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H1323"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* ◄\w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w*/content \w with|strong="H7646"\w* what \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H7646"\w*►;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* always \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* [LIT]:   
\q1
\v 16 \w The|strong="H3808"\w* place \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* dead \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H4325"\w*;  
\q1 women \w who|strong="H3808"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H7646"\w* \w any|strong="H3808"\w* children;  
\q1 ground \w that|strong="H4325"\w* needs \w water|strong="H4325"\w*/\w rain|strong="H4325"\w*;  
\q1 \w and|strong="H4325"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w that|strong="H4325"\w* always needs \w more|strong="H3808"\w* wood.   
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\q1
\v 17 \w Those|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* [SYN] make fun \w of|strong="H1121"\w* their fathers  
\q2 \w or|strong="H1121"\w* refuse \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w obey|strong="H3349"\w* their mothers (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, despise their aged mothers)  
\q1 should \add die and\add* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* their \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* pecked \w out|strong="H5365"\w* \w by|strong="H5869"\w* crows,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5869"\w* \add rest of their corpses should be\add* fed \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5869"\w* \w vultures|strong="H5404"\w*.   
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\q1
\v 18 \w There|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w four|strong="H7969"\w* \w things|strong="H6381"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w wonderful|strong="H6381"\w* \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w*,  
\q2 \add but\add* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w understand|strong="H3045"\w* \w any|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*:   
\q1
\v 19 \w How|strong="H1870"\w* \w eagles|strong="H5404"\w* fly \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*,  
\q1 \w how|strong="H1870"\w* \w snakes|strong="H5175"\w* \add are able to\add* move/crawl \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* big \w rock|strong="H6697"\w*,  
\q1 \w how|strong="H1870"\w* ships sail \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w seas|strong="H3220"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w how|strong="H1870"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* falls \w in|strong="H5921"\w* love \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* woman.   
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\q1
\v 20 \w This|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* woman \w who|strong="H3808"\w* ◄\w is|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* faithful \w to|strong="H1870"\w*/\w does|strong="H6466"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* sex only \w with|strong="H6310"\w*► \w her|strong="H4229"\w* husband \w does|strong="H6466"\w*:  
\q2 \w She|strong="H3651"\w* \w commits|strong="H5003"\w* \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w* [EUP], \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \add then\add* bathes  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w says|strong="H6310"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w done|strong="H6466"\w* \w anything|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* \w wrong|strong="H6466"\w*!”   
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\q1
\v 21 \w There|strong="H8478"\w* \w are|strong="H8478"\w* \w four|strong="H7969"\w* \w things|strong="H7969"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \add one in\add* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* world \w can|strong="H3201"\w* \w tolerate|strong="H3201"\w*:   
\q1
\v 22  \add What\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w slave|strong="H5650"\w* \add does who\add* \w becomes|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*,  
\q1 \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w foolish|strong="H5036"\w* \w person|strong="H5036"\w* eating \add too much\add* \w food|strong="H3899"\w*,   
\q1
\v 23  \add what\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w woman|strong="H8130"\w* \w who|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H8130"\w* \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* \add does when she\add* \w gets|strong="H1166"\w* \w married|strong="H1166"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3423"\w* \add what\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w female|strong="H8198"\w* \w servant|strong="H8198"\w* \add does when she\add* \w becomes|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* boss \w instead|strong="H8478"\w* \w of|strong="H8478"\w* \w her|strong="H8130"\w* \w mistress|strong="H1404"\w*.   
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\q1
\v 24  \add There are\add* four animals on \w the|strong="H1992"\w* earth \w that|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w small|strong="H6996"\w*, \w but|strong="H1992"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w very|strong="H1992"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*:   
\q1
\v 25 \w Ants|strong="H5244"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w strong|strong="H5794"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* store up \w food|strong="H3899"\w* during \w the|strong="H3559"\w* \w summer|strong="H7019"\w* \add in order to have it during the winter\add*.   
\q1
\v 26 \w Rock|strong="H5553"\w* badgers \add also\add* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w strong|strong="H6099"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w make|strong="H7760"\w* \w their|strong="H7760"\w* \w homes|strong="H1004"\w* \w among|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w rocks|strong="H5553"\w* \add where they will be safe\add*.   
\q1
\v 27 Locusts \w do|strong="H3318"\w* \w not|strong="H3318"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w march|strong="H3318"\w* \w like|strong="H3318"\w* \add the soldiers in\add* \w an|strong="H3318"\w* army.   
\q1
\v 28 Lizards/Geckos \add are very small and\add* \w you|strong="H3027"\w* can \w hold|strong="H8610"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H3027"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \add cleverly able to get\add* \w inside|strong="H3027"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*’ \w palaces|strong="H1964"\w*.   
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\q1
\v 29  \add There are\add* \w four|strong="H7969"\w* animals \w that|strong="H1992"\w* strut around \w and|strong="H3212"\w* look \w very|strong="H3190"\w* impressive \w while|strong="H1992"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* [DOU]:   
\q1
\v 30 Lions, \w which|strong="H1368"\w* \w are|strong="H1368"\w* stronger \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* animals  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w are|strong="H1368"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* afraid \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*;   
\q1
\v 31 \w male|strong="H8495"\w* \w goats|strong="H8495"\w*, \w strutting|strong="H2223"\w* roosters,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H4428"\w* ◄parade/walk proudly \w back|strong="H4975"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* forth► \w in|strong="H4428"\w* front \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5973"\w* people whom \w they|strong="H4428"\w* \w rule|strong="H4428"\w*.   
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\q1
\v 32 If \w you|strong="H3027"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* acted \w foolishly|strong="H5034"\w*, \w exalting|strong="H5375"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5375"\w*,  
\q2 \w or|strong="H3027"\w* if \w you|strong="H3027"\w* \w been|strong="H5375"\w* planning \add to do something\add* \w evil|strong="H2161"\w*,  
\q1 stop \w it|strong="H5375"\w* immediately [IDM]!   
\q1
\v 33 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* churn \w milk|strong="H2461"\w*, \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w produces|strong="H3318"\w* \w butter|strong="H2529"\w*/\w curds|strong="H2529"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2461"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* hit \add someone hard on his\add* nose, \add his nose\add* bleeds;  
\q2 similarly, \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3318"\w* something \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w cause|strong="H7379"\w* \add people to become\add* angry, \w strife|strong="H7379"\w* \add usually\add* results.   
\c 31  
\s1 Wise sayings from King Lemuel  
\p
\v 1 \w These|strong="H4428"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w sayings|strong="H1697"\w*/\w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \add God gave to\add* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Lemuel|strong="H3927"\w*’s mother, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w which|strong="H1697"\w* \w his|strong="H4428"\w* mother \w taught|strong="H3256"\w* \w him|strong="H1697"\w*:   
\q1
\v 2 \w You|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w my|strong="H4100"\w* \w son|strong="H1248"\w*; \w I|strong="H4100"\w* gave birth \w to|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* [RHQ];  
\q2 \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H4100"\w* \w son|strong="H1248"\w* \w that|strong="H4100"\w* \add God gave me\add* in answer \w to|strong="H4100"\w* \w my|strong="H4100"\w* prayers.   
\q1
\v 3 \w Do|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* exhaust \w your|strong="H5414"\w* energy \add having sex\add* [EUP] \w with|strong="H4428"\w* women \add to whom you are not married\add*,  
\q2 \w with|strong="H4428"\w* women \w who|strong="H4428"\w* ruin \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \add by having sex with them\add*.   
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\q1
\v 4 \w Lemuel|strong="H3927"\w*, \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w should|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H8354"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* \add constantly\add* \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*  
\q2 \w or|strong="H3196"\w* \add greatly\add* desire \add to drink other\add* \w strong|strong="H7941"\w*/alcoholic \w drinks|strong="H8354"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5 \w If|strong="H6435"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H8138"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*, \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* laws \add that they have made\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H8138"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* \w do|strong="H8138"\w* what \w is|strong="H3605"\w* right \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w poor|strong="H6040"\w*/\w afflicted|strong="H1121"\w* \add people\add*.   
\q1
\v 6 \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w strong|strong="H7941"\w*/alcoholic drinks \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w those|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w are|strong="H5315"\w* dying  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3196"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w those|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w are|strong="H5315"\w* ◄\w greatly|strong="H4751"\w* \w distressed|strong="H4751"\w*/suffering very much►.   
\q1
\v 7 If \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H5999"\w* poor,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8354"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w think|strong="H2142"\w* about \w their|strong="H2142"\w* distress/troubles \w any|strong="H5750"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w*.   
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\q1
\v 8 \w Speak|strong="H6310"\w* [MTY] \w to|strong="H1121"\w* defend \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* unable \w to|strong="H1121"\w* defend themselves;  
\q2 \w speak|strong="H6310"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* encourage others \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* right \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* helpless.   
\q1
\v 9 \w Speak|strong="H6310"\w* [MTY] ◄\w on|strong="H6605"\w* their behalf/\w to|strong="H6310"\w* help \w them|strong="H6605"\w*► \w and|strong="H6041"\w* try \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \w cause|strong="H6664"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \w decide|strong="H8199"\w* matters \w fairly|strong="H6664"\w*/justly;  
\q2 try \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \w cause|strong="H6664"\w* others \w to|strong="H6310"\w* do \w for|strong="H8199"\w* \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* \w and|strong="H6041"\w* \w needy|strong="H6041"\w* \add people\add* \w what|strong="H6664"\w* should \w be|strong="H6310"\w* done \w for|strong="H8199"\w* \w them|strong="H6605"\w*.   
\b  
\s1 Praise for a good wife  
\b  
\q1
\v 10 \w It|strong="H4672"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w very|strong="H2428"\w* difficult \add for a man\add* \w to|strong="H2428"\w* [RHQ] \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wife \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* good \w and|strong="H2428"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w capable|strong="H2428"\w* \add of doing many things\add*.  
\q2 \add Any woman who is like that\add* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w worth|strong="H4377"\w* \w more|strong="H4672"\w* than \w jewels|strong="H6443"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11 \w Her|strong="H3820"\w* \w husband|strong="H1167"\w* completely trusts \w her|strong="H3820"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3820"\w* \add because of her\add*, \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H3820"\w* everything \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* needs [LIT].   
\q1
\v 12 \w She|strong="H2896"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* \w harm|strong="H7451"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w*;  
\q2 \w she|strong="H2896"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13 \w She|strong="H3709"\w* finds \w wool|strong="H6785"\w* \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w flax|strong="H6593"\w* \add in the market\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w she|strong="H3709"\w* enjoys spinning \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \add to make yarn\add*.   
\q1
\v 14 She \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ship \w that|strong="H1961"\w* brings \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w far|strong="H4801"\w* \w away|strong="H4801"\w* goods/merchandise \w to|strong="H1961"\w* sell,  
\q2 \add because\add* she buys \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w comes|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w far|strong="H4801"\w* \w away|strong="H4801"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15 \w She|strong="H6965"\w* \w gets|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w before|strong="H5750"\w* dawn \w to|strong="H5414"\w* prepare \w food|strong="H2964"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\q2 \add Then\add* \w she|strong="H6965"\w* plans \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w work|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* servant \w girls|strong="H5291"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* do \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* day.   
\q1
\v 16 \w She|strong="H6529"\w* \add goes out and\add* looks \w at|strong="H7704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \add that someone wants to sell\add*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \add if it is a good field\add*, \w she|strong="H6529"\w* \w buys|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H3947"\w*.  
\q1 \w She|strong="H6529"\w* \add buys\add* grapevines [MTY] \w with|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* money \w that|strong="H7704"\w* \w she|strong="H6529"\w* \w has|strong="H3947"\w* earned,  
\q2 \add and then\add* \w she|strong="H6529"\w* \w plants|strong="H5193"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17 She works very hard [IDM];  
\q2 she makes \w her|strong="H2296"\w* \w arms|strong="H2220"\w* \w strong|strong="H5797"\w* \add by the work she does\add*.   
\q1
\v 18 \w She|strong="H3588"\w* knows \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* getting \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w profit|strong="H5504"\w* \w from|strong="H2896"\w* \w her|strong="H3588"\w* business.  
\q1 \add When it is necessary\add*, \w she|strong="H3588"\w* works [MTY] \w until|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* late \w at|strong="H3808"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19 \w She|strong="H3709"\w* \w holds|strong="H8551"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* ◄\w spindle|strong="H6418"\w*/rod which twists \w the|strong="H7971"\w* thread \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w she|strong="H3709"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* making►,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \add then\add* \w she|strong="H3709"\w* spins \w the|strong="H7971"\w* thread [MTY] \add that she will use\add*.   
\q1
\v 20 \w She|strong="H3709"\w* generously helps [MTY] those \w who|strong="H6041"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w needy|strong="H6041"\w* [DOU].   
\q1
\v 21 \w She|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* worried \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add the people in her house will be cold in\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* winter,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \add she has made\add* warm \w clothes|strong="H3847"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w them|strong="H3847"\w*.   
\q1
\v 22 She \w makes|strong="H6213"\w* bedspreads/quilts \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* beds.  
\q2 She wears \w fine|strong="H8336"\w* \w linen|strong="H8336"\w* \w clothes|strong="H3830"\w* \w that|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H6213"\w* dyed purple, \add like queens wear\add*.   
\q1
\v 23 \w Her|strong="H3045"\w* \w husband|strong="H1167"\w* \w is|strong="H8179"\w* \add well\add* \w known|strong="H3045"\w* \w by|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* important \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w town|strong="H8179"\w*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3045"\w* \w sits|strong="H3427"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \add other\add* \w town|strong="H8179"\w* \w leaders|strong="H1167"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* meetings \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w town|strong="H8179"\w* council.   
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\v 24 She \w makes|strong="H6213"\w* clothes \w from|strong="H5414"\w* \w linen|strong="H5466"\w* cloth \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w sells|strong="H4376"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\q2 She \w sells|strong="H4376"\w* sashes \w to|strong="H6213"\w* shop owners.   
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\v 25 She \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w strong|strong="H5797"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w her|strong="H3117"\w* character \w and|strong="H3117"\w* respected/dignified,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* she ◄\w laughs|strong="H7832"\w* \w at|strong="H3117"\w*/\w is|strong="H3117"\w* not afraid \w of|strong="H3117"\w*► \add what will happen in\add* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* future.   
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\v 26 \w When|strong="H5921"\w* \w she|strong="H5921"\w* speaks, \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w says|strong="H6310"\w* \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w is|strong="H2617"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*.  
\q1 \w When|strong="H5921"\w* \w she|strong="H5921"\w* gives \w instructions|strong="H8451"\w*,  
\q2 \w she|strong="H5921"\w* speaks [MTY] \w kindly|strong="H2617"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w faithfully|strong="H2617"\w*).   
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\v 27 \w She|strong="H3808"\w* watches \w over|strong="H1979"\w* everything \w that|strong="H1004"\w* \w is|strong="H1004"\w* done \w in|strong="H1004"\w* her \w household|strong="H1004"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w she|strong="H3808"\w* [IDM] \w is|strong="H1004"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* lazy.   
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\v 28 \w Her|strong="H6965"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H6965"\w* together speak highly \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w her|strong="H6965"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w her|strong="H6965"\w* \w husband|strong="H1167"\w* \w also|strong="H1121"\w* \w praises|strong="H1984"\w* \w her|strong="H6965"\w*.   
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\v 29  \add He says to her\add*, “\w There|strong="H5927"\w* \w are|strong="H7227"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w women|strong="H1323"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* admirable \w things|strong="H3605"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w surpass|strong="H5927"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*!”   
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\v 30 Some women \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* attractive \add are not really good women\add*,  
\q2 \add but\add* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* can deceive us \add regarding what they are really like\add*.  
\q1 Furthermore, women’s \w beauty|strong="H3308"\w* \w does|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3373"\w* last;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1931"\w* women \w who|strong="H1931"\w* revere \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* honored.   
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\v 31 \w Reward|strong="H6529"\w* women who \w are|strong="H3027"\w* like \w that|strong="H5414"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w praise|strong="H1984"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H3027"\w* public [MTY] \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w what|strong="H4639"\w* \w they|strong="H3027"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w done|strong="H4639"\w*.