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    "chapter": 13
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    "bookSlug": "proverbs",
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        "n": 1,
        "refId": "PRO-13:1",
        "verseRef": "Prov.13.1",
        "text": "A wise son [heareth] his father`s instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke."
      },{
        "n": 2,
        "refId": "PRO-13:2",
        "verseRef": "Prov.13.2",
        "text": "A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherous [shall eat] violence."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "PRO-13:3",
        "verseRef": "Prov.13.3",
        "text": "He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; [But] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction."
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "PRO-13:4",
        "verseRef": "Prov.13.4",
        "text": "The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat."
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "PRO-13:5",
        "verseRef": "Prov.13.5",
        "text": "A righteous man hateth lying; But a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame."
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "PRO-13:6",
        "verseRef": "Prov.13.6",
        "text": "Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; But wickedness overthroweth the sinner."
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "PRO-13:7",
        "verseRef": "Prov.13.7",
        "text": "There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "PRO-13:8",
        "verseRef": "Prov.13.8",
        "text": "The ransom of a man`s life is his riches; But the poor heareth no threatening."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "PRO-13:9",
        "verseRef": "Prov.13.9",
        "text": "The light of the righteous rejoiceth; But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "PRO-13:10",
        "verseRef": "Prov.13.10",
        "text": "By pride cometh only contention; But with the well-advised is wisdom."
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "PRO-13:11",
        "verseRef": "Prov.13.11",
        "text": "Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase."
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "PRO-13:12",
        "verseRef": "Prov.13.12",
        "text": "Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life."
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "PRO-13:13",
        "verseRef": "Prov.13.13",
        "text": "Whoso despiseth the word bringeth destruction on himself; But he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded."
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "PRO-13:14",
        "verseRef": "Prov.13.14",
        "text": "The law of the wise is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death."
      },{
        "n": 15,
        "refId": "PRO-13:15",
        "verseRef": "Prov.13.15",
        "text": "Good understanding giveth favor; But the way of the transgressor is hard."
      },{
        "n": 16,
        "refId": "PRO-13:16",
        "verseRef": "Prov.13.16",
        "text": "Every prudent man worketh with knowledge; But a fool flaunteth [his] folly."
      },{
        "n": 17,
        "refId": "PRO-13:17",
        "verseRef": "Prov.13.17",
        "text": "A wicked messenger falleth into evil; But a faithful ambassador is health."
      },{
        "n": 18,
        "refId": "PRO-13:18",
        "verseRef": "Prov.13.18",
        "text": "Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth       correction; But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored."
      },{
        "n": 19,
        "refId": "PRO-13:19",
        "verseRef": "Prov.13.19",
        "text": "The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul; But it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil."
      },{
        "n": 20,
        "refId": "PRO-13:20",
        "verseRef": "Prov.13.20",
        "text": "Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it."
      },{
        "n": 21,
        "refId": "PRO-13:21",
        "verseRef": "Prov.13.21",
        "text": "Evil pursueth sinners; But the righteous shall be recompensed with good."
      },{
        "n": 22,
        "refId": "PRO-13:22",
        "verseRef": "Prov.13.22",
        "text": "A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children`s       children; And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous."
      },{
        "n": 23,
        "refId": "PRO-13:23",
        "verseRef": "Prov.13.23",
        "text": "Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice."
      },{
        "n": 24,
        "refId": "PRO-13:24",
        "verseRef": "Prov.13.24",
        "text": "He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes."
      },{
        "n": 25,
        "refId": "PRO-13:25",
        "verseRef": "Prov.13.25",
        "text": "The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul; But the belly of the wicked shall want."
      }
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