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    "book": "proverbs",
    "chapter": 27
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    "n": 27,
    "bookSlug": "proverbs",
    "bookCode": "PRO",
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    "paragraphs": [{
        "n": 1,
        "refId": "PRO-27:1",
        "verseRef": "Prov.27.1",
        "text": "Boast not thyself of tomorrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth."
      },{
        "n": 2,
        "refId": "PRO-27:2",
        "verseRef": "Prov.27.2",
        "text": "Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "PRO-27:3",
        "verseRef": "Prov.27.3",
        "text": "A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool`s vexation is heavier than they both."
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "PRO-27:4",
        "verseRef": "Prov.27.4",
        "text": "Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?"
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "PRO-27:5",
        "verseRef": "Prov.27.5",
        "text": "Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden."
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "PRO-27:6",
        "verseRef": "Prov.27.6",
        "text": "Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse."
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "PRO-27:7",
        "verseRef": "Prov.27.7",
        "text": "The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "PRO-27:8",
        "verseRef": "Prov.27.8",
        "text": "As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "PRO-27:9",
        "verseRef": "Prov.27.9",
        "text": "Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man`s friend [that cometh] of hearty       counsel."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "PRO-27:10",
        "verseRef": "Prov.27.10",
        "text": "Thine own friend, and thy father`s friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother`s house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off."
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "PRO-27:11",
        "verseRef": "Prov.27.11",
        "text": "My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me."
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "PRO-27:12",
        "verseRef": "Prov.27.12",
        "text": "A prudent man seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [But] the simple pass on, [and] suffer for it."
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "PRO-27:13",
        "verseRef": "Prov.27.13",
        "text": "Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for a foreign woman."
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "PRO-27:14",
        "verseRef": "Prov.27.14",
        "text": "He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising       early in the morning, It shall be counted a curse to him."
      },{
        "n": 15,
        "refId": "PRO-27:15",
        "verseRef": "Prov.27.15",
        "text": "A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:"
      },{
        "n": 16,
        "refId": "PRO-27:16",
        "verseRef": "Prov.27.16",
        "text": "He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil."
      },{
        "n": 17,
        "refId": "PRO-27:17",
        "verseRef": "Prov.27.17",
        "text": "Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend."
      },{
        "n": 18,
        "refId": "PRO-27:18",
        "verseRef": "Prov.27.18",
        "text": "Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; And he that regardeth his master shall be honored."
      },{
        "n": 19,
        "refId": "PRO-27:19",
        "verseRef": "Prov.27.19",
        "text": "As in water face [answereth] to face, So the heart of man to man."
      },{
        "n": 20,
        "refId": "PRO-27:20",
        "verseRef": "Prov.27.20",
        "text": "Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied."
      },{
        "n": 21,
        "refId": "PRO-27:21",
        "verseRef": "Prov.27.21",
        "text": "The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is [tried] by his praise."
      },{
        "n": 22,
        "refId": "PRO-27:22",
        "verseRef": "Prov.27.22",
        "text": "Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a       pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him."
      },{
        "n": 23,
        "refId": "PRO-27:23",
        "verseRef": "Prov.27.23",
        "text": "Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [And] look well to thy herds:"
      },{
        "n": 24,
        "refId": "PRO-27:24",
        "verseRef": "Prov.27.24",
        "text": "For riches are not for ever: And doth the crown endure unto all generations?"
      },{
        "n": 25,
        "refId": "PRO-27:25",
        "verseRef": "Prov.27.25",
        "text": "The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in."
      },{
        "n": 26,
        "refId": "PRO-27:26",
        "verseRef": "Prov.27.26",
        "text": "The lambs are for thy clothing, And the goats are the price of the field;"
      },{
        "n": 27,
        "refId": "PRO-27:27",
        "verseRef": "Prov.27.27",
        "text": "And [there will be] goats` milk enough for thy food, for       the food of thy household, And maintenance for thy maidens."
      }
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