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  "citation": "Proverbs 3 (Douay-Rheims)",
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      "verse": 1,
      "text": "My son, forget not my law, and let thy heart keep my commandments.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:1 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 2,
      "text": "For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life, and peace.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:2 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 3,
      "text": "Let not mercy aud truth leave thee, put them about thy neck, and write them in the tables of thy heart.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:3 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 4,
      "text": "And thou shalt find grace, and good understanding before God and men.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:4 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 5,
      "text": "Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy own prudence.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:5 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 6,
      "text": "In all thy ways think on him, and he will direct thy steps.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:6 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 7,
      "text": "Be not wise in thy own conceit: fear God, and depart from evil:",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:7 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 8,
      "text": "For it shall be health to thy navel, and moistening to thy bones.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:8 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 9,
      "text": "Honour the Lord with thy substance, and give him of the first of all thy fruits;",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:9 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 10,
      "text": "And thy barns shall be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall run over with wine.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:10 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 11,
      "text": "My son, reject not the correction of the Lord: and do not faint when thou art chastised by him:",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:11 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 12,
      "text": "For whom the Lord loveth, he chastiseth: and as a father in the son he pleaseth himself.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:12 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 13,
      "text": "Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom, and is rich in prudence:",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:13 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 14,
      "text": "The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chief and purest gold:",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:14 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 15,
      "text": "She is more precious than all riches: and all the things that are desired, are not to be compared to her.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:15 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 16,
      "text": "Length of days is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:16 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 17,
      "text": "Her ways are beautiful ways, and all her paths are peaceable.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:17 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 18,
      "text": "She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and he that shall retain her is blessed.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:18 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 19,
      "text": "The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth, hath established the heavens by prudence.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:19 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 20,
      "text": "By his wisdom the depths have broken out, and the clouds grow thick with dew.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:20 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 21,
      "text": "My son, let not these things depart from thy eyes: keep the law and counsel:",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:21 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 22,
      "text": "And there shall be life to thy soul, and grace to thy mouth.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:22 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 23,
      "text": "Then shalt thou walk confidently in thy way, and thy foot shall not stumble:",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:23 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 24,
      "text": "If thou sleep, thou shalt not fear: thou shalt rest, and thy sleep shall be sweet.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:24 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 25,
      "text": "Be not afraid of sudden fear, nor of the power of the wicked falling upon thee.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:25 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 26,
      "text": "For the Lord will be at thy side, and will keep thy foot that thou be not taken.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:26 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 27,
      "text": "Do not withhold him from doing good, who is able: if thou art able, do good thyself also.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:27 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 28,
      "text": "Say not to thy friend: Go, and come again: and to morrow I will give to thee: when thou canst give at present.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:28 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 29,
      "text": "Practise not evil against thy friend, when he hath confidence in thee.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:29 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 30,
      "text": "Strive not against a man without cause, when he hath done thee no evil.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:30 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 31,
      "text": "Envy not the unjust man, and do not follow his ways.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:31 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 32,
      "text": "For every mocker is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is with the simple.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 3:32 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 33,
      "text": "Want is from the Lord in the house of the wicked: but the habitations of the just shall be blessed.",
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    },
    {
      "verse": 34,
      "text": "He shall scorn the scorners, and to the meek he will give grace.",
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    },
    {
      "verse": 35,
      "text": "The wise shall possess glory: the promotion of fools is disgrace.",
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