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    "chapter": 20
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    "bookSlug": "proverbs",
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        "n": 1,
        "refId": "PRO-20:1",
        "verseRef": "Prov.20.1",
        "text": "Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise."
      },{
        "n": 2,
        "refId": "PRO-20:2",
        "verseRef": "Prov.20.2",
        "text": "The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own life."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "PRO-20:3",
        "verseRef": "Prov.20.3",
        "text": "It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling."
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "PRO-20:4",
        "verseRef": "Prov.20.4",
        "text": "The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing."
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "PRO-20:5",
        "verseRef": "Prov.20.5",
        "text": "Counsel in the heart of man is [like] deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out."
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "PRO-20:6",
        "verseRef": "Prov.20.6",
        "text": "Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?"
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "PRO-20:7",
        "verseRef": "Prov.20.7",
        "text": "A righteous man that walketh in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "PRO-20:8",
        "verseRef": "Prov.20.8",
        "text": "A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment Scattereth away all evil with his eyes."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "PRO-20:9",
        "verseRef": "Prov.20.9",
        "text": "Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?"
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "PRO-20:10",
        "verseRef": "Prov.20.10",
        "text": "Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah."
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "PRO-20:11",
        "verseRef": "Prov.20.11",
        "text": "Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right."
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "PRO-20:12",
        "verseRef": "Prov.20.12",
        "text": "The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them."
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "PRO-20:13",
        "verseRef": "Prov.20.13",
        "text": "Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread."
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "PRO-20:14",
        "verseRef": "Prov.20.14",
        "text": "It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth."
      },{
        "n": 15,
        "refId": "PRO-20:15",
        "verseRef": "Prov.20.15",
        "text": "There is gold, and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel."
      },{
        "n": 16,
        "refId": "PRO-20:16",
        "verseRef": "Prov.20.16",
        "text": "Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for foreigners."
      },{
        "n": 17,
        "refId": "PRO-20:17",
        "verseRef": "Prov.20.17",
        "text": "Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel."
      },{
        "n": 18,
        "refId": "PRO-20:18",
        "verseRef": "Prov.20.18",
        "text": "Every purpose is established by counsel; And by wise guidance make thou war."
      },{
        "n": 19,
        "refId": "PRO-20:19",
        "verseRef": "Prov.20.19",
        "text": "He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips."
      },{
        "n": 20,
        "refId": "PRO-20:20",
        "verseRef": "Prov.20.20",
        "text": "Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness."
      },{
        "n": 21,
        "refId": "PRO-20:21",
        "verseRef": "Prov.20.21",
        "text": "An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed."
      },{
        "n": 22,
        "refId": "PRO-20:22",
        "verseRef": "Prov.20.22",
        "text": "Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee."
      },{
        "n": 23,
        "refId": "PRO-20:23",
        "verseRef": "Prov.20.23",
        "text": "Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good."
      },{
        "n": 24,
        "refId": "PRO-20:24",
        "verseRef": "Prov.20.24",
        "text": "A man`s goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?"
      },{
        "n": 25,
        "refId": "PRO-20:25",
        "verseRef": "Prov.20.25",
        "text": "It is a snare to a man rashly to say, [It is] holy, And after vows to make inquiry."
      },{
        "n": 26,
        "refId": "PRO-20:26",
        "verseRef": "Prov.20.26",
        "text": "A wise king winnoweth the wicked, And bringeth the [threshing] -wheel over them."
      },{
        "n": 27,
        "refId": "PRO-20:27",
        "verseRef": "Prov.20.27",
        "text": "The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, Searching all his innermost parts."
      },{
        "n": 28,
        "refId": "PRO-20:28",
        "verseRef": "Prov.20.28",
        "text": "Kindness and truth preserve the king; And his throne is upholden by kindness."
      },{
        "n": 29,
        "refId": "PRO-20:29",
        "verseRef": "Prov.20.29",
        "text": "The glory of young men is their strength; And the beauty of old men is the hoary head."
      },{
        "n": 30,
        "refId": "PRO-20:30",
        "verseRef": "Prov.20.30",
        "text": "Stripes that wound cleanse away evil; And strokes [reach] the innermost parts."
      }
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