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    "chapter": 3
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    "bookSlug": "proverbs",
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    "lines": [],
    "paragraphs": [{
        "n": 1,
        "refId": "PRO-3:1",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.1",
        "text": "My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments:"
      },{
        "n": 2,
        "refId": "PRO-3:2",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.2",
        "text": "For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to thee."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "PRO-3:3",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.3",
        "text": "Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:"
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "PRO-3:4",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.4",
        "text": "So shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man."
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "PRO-3:5",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.5",
        "text": "Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:"
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "PRO-3:6",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.6",
        "text": "In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths."
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "PRO-3:7",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.7",
        "text": "Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:"
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "PRO-3:8",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.8",
        "text": "It will be health to thy navel, And marrow to thy bones."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "PRO-3:9",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.9",
        "text": "Honor Jehovah with thy substance, And with the first-fruits of all thine increase:"
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "PRO-3:10",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.10",
        "text": "So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, And thy vats shall overflow with new wine."
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "PRO-3:11",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.11",
        "text": "My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof:"
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "PRO-3:12",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.12",
        "text": "For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth; Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth."
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "PRO-3:13",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.13",
        "text": "Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding."
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "PRO-3:14",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.14",
        "text": "For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of       silver, And the profit thereof than fine gold."
      },{
        "n": 15,
        "refId": "PRO-3:15",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.15",
        "text": "She is more precious than rubies: And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto       her."
      },{
        "n": 16,
        "refId": "PRO-3:16",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.16",
        "text": "Length of days is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honor."
      },{
        "n": 17,
        "refId": "PRO-3:17",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.17",
        "text": "Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace."
      },{
        "n": 18,
        "refId": "PRO-3:18",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.18",
        "text": "She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her."
      },{
        "n": 19,
        "refId": "PRO-3:19",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.19",
        "text": "Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding he established the heavens."
      },{
        "n": 20,
        "refId": "PRO-3:20",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.20",
        "text": "By his knowledge the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew."
      },{
        "n": 21,
        "refId": "PRO-3:21",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.21",
        "text": "My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep sound wisdom and discretion:"
      },{
        "n": 22,
        "refId": "PRO-3:22",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.22",
        "text": "So shall they be life unto thy soul, And grace to thy neck."
      },{
        "n": 23,
        "refId": "PRO-3:23",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.23",
        "text": "Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, And thy foot shall not stumble."
      },{
        "n": 24,
        "refId": "PRO-3:24",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.24",
        "text": "When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet."
      },{
        "n": 25,
        "refId": "PRO-3:25",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.25",
        "text": "Be not afraid of sudden fear, Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh:"
      },{
        "n": 26,
        "refId": "PRO-3:26",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.26",
        "text": "For Jehovah will be thy confidence, And will keep thy foot from being taken."
      },{
        "n": 27,
        "refId": "PRO-3:27",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.27",
        "text": "Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it."
      },{
        "n": 28,
        "refId": "PRO-3:28",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.28",
        "text": "Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give; When thou hast it by thee."
      },{
        "n": 29,
        "refId": "PRO-3:29",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.29",
        "text": "Devise not evil against thy neighbor, Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee."
      },{
        "n": 30,
        "refId": "PRO-3:30",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.30",
        "text": "Strive not with a man without cause, If he have done thee no harm."
      },{
        "n": 31,
        "refId": "PRO-3:31",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.31",
        "text": "Envy thou not the man of violence, And choose none of his ways."
      },{
        "n": 32,
        "refId": "PRO-3:32",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.32",
        "text": "For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; But his friendship is with the upright."
      },{
        "n": 33,
        "refId": "PRO-3:33",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.33",
        "text": "The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; But he blesseth the habitation of the righteous."
      },{
        "n": 34,
        "refId": "PRO-3:34",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.34",
        "text": "Surely he scoffeth at the scoffers; But he giveth grace unto the lowly."
      },{
        "n": 35,
        "refId": "PRO-3:35",
        "verseRef": "Prov.3.35",
        "text": "The wise shall inherit glory; But shame shall be the promotion of fools."
      }
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