{
 "translation": "KJV",
 "book": "Proverbs",
 "chapter": 3,
 "verses": [
  {
   "v": 1,
   "t": "My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:"
  },
  {
   "v": 2,
   "t": "For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee."
  },
  {
   "v": 3,
   "t": "Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:"
  },
  {
   "v": 4,
   "t": "So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man."
  },
  {
   "v": 5,
   "t": "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding."
  },
  {
   "v": 6,
   "t": "In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."
  },
  {
   "v": 7,
   "t": "Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil."
  },
  {
   "v": 8,
   "t": "It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones."
  },
  {
   "v": 9,
   "t": "Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:"
  },
  {
   "v": 10,
   "t": "So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine."
  },
  {
   "v": 11,
   "t": "My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:"
  },
  {
   "v": 12,
   "t": "For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth."
  },
  {
   "v": 13,
   "t": "Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding."
  },
  {
   "v": 14,
   "t": "For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold."
  },
  {
   "v": 15,
   "t": "She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her."
  },
  {
   "v": 16,
   "t": "Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour."
  },
  {
   "v": 17,
   "t": "Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace."
  },
  {
   "v": 18,
   "t": "She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her."
  },
  {
   "v": 19,
   "t": "The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens."
  },
  {
   "v": 20,
   "t": "By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew."
  },
  {
   "v": 21,
   "t": "My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:"
  },
  {
   "v": 22,
   "t": "So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck."
  },
  {
   "v": 23,
   "t": "Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble."
  },
  {
   "v": 24,
   "t": "When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet."
  },
  {
   "v": 25,
   "t": "Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh."
  },
  {
   "v": 26,
   "t": "For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken."
  },
  {
   "v": 27,
   "t": "Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it."
  },
  {
   "v": 28,
   "t": "Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee."
  },
  {
   "v": 29,
   "t": "Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee."
  },
  {
   "v": 30,
   "t": "Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm."
  },
  {
   "v": 31,
   "t": "Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways."
  },
  {
   "v": 32,
   "t": "For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous."
  },
  {
   "v": 33,
   "t": "The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just."
  },
  {
   "v": 34,
   "t": "Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly."
  },
  {
   "v": 35,
   "t": "The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools."
  }
 ],
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 "blessing": "The Word is public domain. So is grace."
}