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    "bookSlug": "proverbs",
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        "n": 1,
        "refId": "PRO-4:1",
        "verseRef": "Prov.4.1",
        "text": "Hear, [my] sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:"
      },{
        "n": 2,
        "refId": "PRO-4:2",
        "verseRef": "Prov.4.2",
        "text": "For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "PRO-4:3",
        "verseRef": "Prov.4.3",
        "text": "For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother."
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "PRO-4:4",
        "verseRef": "Prov.4.4",
        "text": "And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;"
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "PRO-4:5",
        "verseRef": "Prov.4.5",
        "text": "Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;"
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "PRO-4:6",
        "verseRef": "Prov.4.6",
        "text": "Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee."
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "PRO-4:7",
        "verseRef": "Prov.4.7",
        "text": "Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "PRO-4:8",
        "verseRef": "Prov.4.8",
        "text": "Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "PRO-4:9",
        "verseRef": "Prov.4.9",
        "text": "She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty will she deliver to thee."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "PRO-4:10",
        "verseRef": "Prov.4.10",
        "text": "Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many."
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "PRO-4:11",
        "verseRef": "Prov.4.11",
        "text": "I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness."
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "PRO-4:12",
        "verseRef": "Prov.4.12",
        "text": "When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble."
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "PRO-4:13",
        "verseRef": "Prov.4.13",
        "text": "Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life."
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "PRO-4:14",
        "verseRef": "Prov.4.14",
        "text": "Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men."
      },{
        "n": 15,
        "refId": "PRO-4:15",
        "verseRef": "Prov.4.15",
        "text": "Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on."
      },{
        "n": 16,
        "refId": "PRO-4:16",
        "verseRef": "Prov.4.16",
        "text": "For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall."
      },{
        "n": 17,
        "refId": "PRO-4:17",
        "verseRef": "Prov.4.17",
        "text": "For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence."
      },{
        "n": 18,
        "refId": "PRO-4:18",
        "verseRef": "Prov.4.18",
        "text": "But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day."
      },{
        "n": 19,
        "refId": "PRO-4:19",
        "verseRef": "Prov.4.19",
        "text": "The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble."
      },{
        "n": 20,
        "refId": "PRO-4:20",
        "verseRef": "Prov.4.20",
        "text": "My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings."
      },{
        "n": 21,
        "refId": "PRO-4:21",
        "verseRef": "Prov.4.21",
        "text": "Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart."
      },{
        "n": 22,
        "refId": "PRO-4:22",
        "verseRef": "Prov.4.22",
        "text": "For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh."
      },{
        "n": 23,
        "refId": "PRO-4:23",
        "verseRef": "Prov.4.23",
        "text": "Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life."
      },{
        "n": 24,
        "refId": "PRO-4:24",
        "verseRef": "Prov.4.24",
        "text": "Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee."
      },{
        "n": 25,
        "refId": "PRO-4:25",
        "verseRef": "Prov.4.25",
        "text": "Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee."
      },{
        "n": 26,
        "refId": "PRO-4:26",
        "verseRef": "Prov.4.26",
        "text": "Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established."
      },{
        "n": 27,
        "refId": "PRO-4:27",
        "verseRef": "Prov.4.27",
        "text": "Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil."
      }
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