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    "language": "en",
    "book": "proverbs",
    "chapter": 19
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    "n": 19,
    "bookSlug": "proverbs",
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    "paragraphs": [{
        "n": 1,
        "refId": "PRO-19:1",
        "verseRef": "Prov.19.1",
        "text": "Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool."
      },{
        "n": 2,
        "refId": "PRO-19:2",
        "verseRef": "Prov.19.2",
        "text": "Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "PRO-19:3",
        "verseRef": "Prov.19.3",
        "text": "The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah."
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "PRO-19:4",
        "verseRef": "Prov.19.4",
        "text": "Wealth addeth many friends; But the poor is separated from his friend."
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "PRO-19:5",
        "verseRef": "Prov.19.5",
        "text": "A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape."
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "PRO-19:6",
        "verseRef": "Prov.19.6",
        "text": "Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts."
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "PRO-19:7",
        "verseRef": "Prov.19.7",
        "text": "All the brethren of the poor do hate him: How much more do his friends go far from him! He pursueth [them with] words, [but] they are gone."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "PRO-19:8",
        "verseRef": "Prov.19.8",
        "text": "He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: He that keepeth understanding shall find good."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "PRO-19:9",
        "verseRef": "Prov.19.9",
        "text": "A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "PRO-19:10",
        "verseRef": "Prov.19.10",
        "text": "Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes."
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "PRO-19:11",
        "verseRef": "Prov.19.11",
        "text": "The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression."
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "PRO-19:12",
        "verseRef": "Prov.19.12",
        "text": "The king`s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass."
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "PRO-19:13",
        "verseRef": "Prov.19.13",
        "text": "A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping."
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "PRO-19:14",
        "verseRef": "Prov.19.14",
        "text": "House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah."
      },{
        "n": 15,
        "refId": "PRO-19:15",
        "verseRef": "Prov.19.15",
        "text": "Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger."
      },{
        "n": 16,
        "refId": "PRO-19:16",
        "verseRef": "Prov.19.16",
        "text": "He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul; [But] he that is careless of his ways shall die."
      },{
        "n": 17,
        "refId": "PRO-19:17",
        "verseRef": "Prov.19.17",
        "text": "He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again."
      },{
        "n": 18,
        "refId": "PRO-19:18",
        "verseRef": "Prov.19.18",
        "text": "Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope;  nd set not thy heart on his destruction."
      },{
        "n": 19,
        "refId": "PRO-19:19",
        "verseRef": "Prov.19.19",
        "text": "A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty; For if thou deliver [him], thou must do it yet again."
      },{
        "n": 20,
        "refId": "PRO-19:20",
        "verseRef": "Prov.19.20",
        "text": "Hear counsel, and receive instruction, That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end."
      },{
        "n": 21,
        "refId": "PRO-19:21",
        "verseRef": "Prov.19.21",
        "text": "There are many devices in a man`s heart; But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand."
      },{
        "n": 22,
        "refId": "PRO-19:22",
        "verseRef": "Prov.19.22",
        "text": "That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness; And a poor man is better than a liar."
      },{
        "n": 23,
        "refId": "PRO-19:23",
        "verseRef": "Prov.19.23",
        "text": "The fear of Jehovah [tendeth] to life; And he [that hath it] shall abide satisfied; He shall not be visited with evil."
      },{
        "n": 24,
        "refId": "PRO-19:24",
        "verseRef": "Prov.19.24",
        "text": "The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again."
      },{
        "n": 25,
        "refId": "PRO-19:25",
        "verseRef": "Prov.19.25",
        "text": "Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will       understand knowledge."
      },{
        "n": 26,
        "refId": "PRO-19:26",
        "verseRef": "Prov.19.26",
        "text": "He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away       his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach."
      },{
        "n": 27,
        "refId": "PRO-19:27",
        "verseRef": "Prov.19.27",
        "text": "Cease, my son, to hear instruction [Only] to err from the words of knowledge."
      },{
        "n": 28,
        "refId": "PRO-19:28",
        "verseRef": "Prov.19.28",
        "text": "A worthless witness mocketh at justice; And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity."
      },{
        "n": 29,
        "refId": "PRO-19:29",
        "verseRef": "Prov.19.29",
        "text": "Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools."
      }
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