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    "chapter": 9
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    "bookSlug": "proverbs",
    "bookCode": "PRO",
    "refId": "",
    "title": "",
    "translation": null,
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    "paragraphs": [{
        "n": 1,
        "refId": "PRO-9:1",
        "verseRef": "Prov.9.1",
        "text": "Wisdom hath builded her house; She hath hewn out her seven pillars:"
      },{
        "n": 2,
        "refId": "PRO-9:2",
        "verseRef": "Prov.9.2",
        "text": "She hath killed her beasts; She hath mingled her wine; She hath also furnished her table:"
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "PRO-9:3",
        "verseRef": "Prov.9.3",
        "text": "She hath sent forth her maidens; She crieth upon the highest places of the city:"
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "PRO-9:4",
        "verseRef": "Prov.9.4",
        "text": "Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,"
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "PRO-9:5",
        "verseRef": "Prov.9.5",
        "text": "Come, eat ye of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mingled."
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "PRO-9:6",
        "verseRef": "Prov.9.6",
        "text": "Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding."
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "PRO-9:7",
        "verseRef": "Prov.9.7",
        "text": "He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling; And he that reproveth a wicked man [getteth] himself a blot."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "PRO-9:8",
        "verseRef": "Prov.9.8",
        "text": "Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "PRO-9:9",
        "verseRef": "Prov.9.9",
        "text": "Give [instruction] to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "PRO-9:10",
        "verseRef": "Prov.9.10",
        "text": "The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding."
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "PRO-9:11",
        "verseRef": "Prov.9.11",
        "text": "For by me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased."
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "PRO-9:12",
        "verseRef": "Prov.9.12",
        "text": "If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it."
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "PRO-9:13",
        "verseRef": "Prov.9.13",
        "text": "The foolish woman is clamorous; [She is] simple, and knoweth nothing."
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "PRO-9:14",
        "verseRef": "Prov.9.14",
        "text": "And she sitteth at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,"
      },{
        "n": 15,
        "refId": "PRO-9:15",
        "verseRef": "Prov.9.15",
        "text": "To call to them that pass by, Who go right on their ways:"
      },{
        "n": 16,
        "refId": "PRO-9:16",
        "verseRef": "Prov.9.16",
        "text": "Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,"
      },{
        "n": 17,
        "refId": "PRO-9:17",
        "verseRef": "Prov.9.17",
        "text": "Stolen waters are sweet, And bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant."
      },{
        "n": 18,
        "refId": "PRO-9:18",
        "verseRef": "Prov.9.18",
        "text": "But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol."
      }
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