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  "citation": "Proverbs 18 (Douay-Rheims)",
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      "verse": 1,
      "text": "He that hath a mind to depart from a friend, seeketh occasions: he shall ever be subject to reproach.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 18:1 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 2,
      "text": "A fool receiveth not the words of prudence: unless thou say those things which are in his heart.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 18:2 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 3,
      "text": "The wicked man, when he is come into the depths of sins, contemneth: but ignominy and reproach follow him.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 18:3 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 4,
      "text": "Words from the mouth of a man are as deep water: and the fountain of wisdom is an overflowing stream.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 18:4 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 5,
      "text": "It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to decline from the truth of judgment.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 18:5 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 6,
      "text": "The lips of a fool intermeddle with strife: and his mouth provoketh quarrels.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 18:6 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 7,
      "text": "The mouth of a fool is his destruction: and his lips are the ruin of his soul.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 18:7 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 8,
      "text": "The words of the double tongued are as if they were harmless: and they reach even to the inner parts of the bowels. Fear casteth down the slothful: and the souls of the effeminate shall be hungry.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 18:8 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 9,
      "text": "He that is loose and slack in his work, is the brother of him that wasteth his own works.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 18:9 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 10,
      "text": "The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the just runneth to it, and shall be exalted.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 18:10 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 11,
      "text": "The substance of the rich man is the city of his strength, and as a strong wall compassing him about.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 18:11 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 12,
      "text": "Before destruction, the heart of a man is exalted: and before he be glorified, it is humbled.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 18:12 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 13,
      "text": "He that answereth before he heareth, sheweth himself to be a fool, and worthy of confusion.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 18:13 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 14,
      "text": "The spirit of a man upholdeth his infirmity: but a spirit that is easily angered, who can bear?",
      "citation": "Proverbs 18:14 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 15,
      "text": "A wise heart shall acquire knowledge: and the ear of the wise seeketh instruction.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 18:15 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 16,
      "text": "A man's gift enlargeth his way, and maketh him room before princes.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 18:16 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 17,
      "text": "The just is first accuser of himself: his friend cometh, and shall search him.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 18:17 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 18,
      "text": "The lot suppresseth contentions, and determineth even between the mighty.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 18:18 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 19,
      "text": "A brother that is helped by his brother, is like a strong city: and judgments are like the bars of cities.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 18:19 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 20,
      "text": "Of the fruit of a man's mouth shall his belly be satisfied: and the offspring of his lips shall fill him.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 18:20 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 21,
      "text": "Death and life are in the power of the tongue: they that love it, shall eat the fruits thereof.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 18:21 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 22,
      "text": "He that hath found a good wife, hath found a good thing, and shall receive a pleasure from the Lord. He that driveth away a good wife, driveth away a good thing: but he that keepeth an adulteress, is foolish and wicked.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 18:22 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 23,
      "text": "The poor will speak with supplications, and the rich will speak roughly.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 18:23 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 24,
      "text": "A man amiable in society, shall be more friendly than a brother.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 18:24 (Douay-Rheims)"
    }
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