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    "content": "Proverbs, Chapter 19 — 29 verses (Douay-Rheims)",
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  "citation": "Proverbs 19 (Douay-Rheims)",
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      "verse": 1,
      "text": "Better is the poor man, that walketh in his simplicity, than a rich man that is perverse in his lips and unwise.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 19:1 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 2,
      "text": "Where there is no knowledge of the soul, there is no good: and he that is hasty with his feet shall stumble.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 19:2 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 3,
      "text": "The folly of a man supplanteth his steps: and he fretteth in his mind against God.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 19:3 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 4,
      "text": "Riches make many friends: but from the poor man, even they whom he had, depart.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 19:4 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 5,
      "text": "A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies, shall not escape.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 19:5 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 6,
      "text": "Many honour the person of him that is mighty, and are friends of him that giveth gifts.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 19:6 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 7,
      "text": "The brethren of the poor man hate him: moreover also his friends have departed far from him. He that followeth after words only, shall have nothing.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 19:7 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 8,
      "text": "But he that possesseth a mind, loveth his own soul, and he that keepeth prudence, shall find good things.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 19:8 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 9,
      "text": "A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies, shall perish.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 19:9 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 10,
      "text": "Delicacies are not seemly for a fool: nor for a servant to have rule over princes.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 19:10 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 11,
      "text": "The learning of a man is known by patience: and his glory is to pass over wrongs.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 19:11 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 12,
      "text": "As the roaring of a lion, so also is the anger of a king: and his cheerfulness as the dew upon the grass.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 19:12 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 13,
      "text": "A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 19:13 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 14,
      "text": "House and riches are given by parents: but a prudent wife is properly from the Lord.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 19:14 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 15,
      "text": "Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 19:15 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 16,
      "text": "He that keepeth the commandment, keepeth his own soul: but he that neglecteth his own way, shall die.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 19:16 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 17,
      "text": "He that hath mercy on the poor, lendeth to the Lord: and he will repay him.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 19:17 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 18,
      "text": "Chastise thy son, despair not: but to the killing of him set not thy soul.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 19:18 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 19,
      "text": "He that is impatient, shall suffer damage: and when he shall take away, he shall add another thing.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 19:19 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 20,
      "text": "Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayst be wise in thy latter end.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 19:20 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 21,
      "text": "There are many thoughts in the heart of a man: but the will of the Lord shall stand firm.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 19:21 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 22,
      "text": "A needy man is merciful: and better is the poor than the lying man.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 19:22 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 23,
      "text": "The fear of the Lord is unto life: and he shall abide in the fulness without being visited with evil.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 19:23 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 24,
      "text": "The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 19:24 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 25,
      "text": "The wicked man being scourged, the fool shall be wiser: but if thou rebuke a wise man, he will understand discipline.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 19:25 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 26,
      "text": "He that afflicteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is infamous and unhappy.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 19:26 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 27,
      "text": "Cease not, O my son, to hear instruction, and be not ignorant of the words of knowledge.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 19:27 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 28,
      "text": "An unjust witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 19:28 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 29,
      "text": "Judgments are prepared for scorners: and striking hammers for the bodies of fools.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 19:29 (Douay-Rheims)"
    }
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