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      "verse": 1,
      "text": "The words of king Lamuel. The vision wherewith his mother instructed him.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:1 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 2,
      "text": "What, O my beloved, what, O the beloved of my womb, what, O the beloved of my vows?",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:2 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 3,
      "text": "Give not thy substance to women, and thy riches to destroy kings.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:3 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 4,
      "text": "Give not to kings, O Lamuel, give not wine to kings: because there is no secret where drunkenness reigneth:",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:4 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 5,
      "text": "And lest they drink and forget judgments, and pervert the cause of the children of the poor.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:5 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 6,
      "text": "Give strong drink to them that are sad; and wine to them that are grieved in mind:",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:6 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 7,
      "text": "Let them drink, and forget their want, and remember their sorrow no more.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:7 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 8,
      "text": "Open thy mouth for the dumb, and for the causes of all the children that pass.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:8 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 9,
      "text": "Open thy mouth, decree that which is just, and do justice to the needy and poor.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:9 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 10,
      "text": "Who shall find a valiant woman? far, and from the uttermost coasts is the price of her.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:10 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 11,
      "text": "The heart of her husband trusteth in her, and he shall have no need of spoils.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:11 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
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      "verse": 12,
      "text": "She will render him good, and not evil all the days of her life.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:12 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 13,
      "text": "She hath sought wool and flax, and hath wrought by the counsel of her hands.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:13 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 14,
      "text": "She is like the merchant's ship, she bringeth her bread from afar.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:14 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 15,
      "text": "And she hath risen in the night, and given a prey to her household, and victuals to her maidens.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:15 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 16,
      "text": "She hath considered a field, and bought it: with the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:16 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 17,
      "text": "She hath girded her loins with strength, and hath strengthened her arm.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:17 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 18,
      "text": "She hath tasted, and seen that her traffic is good: her lamp shall not be put out in the night.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:18 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 19,
      "text": "She hath put out her hand to strong things, and her fingers have taken hold of the spindle.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:19 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 20,
      "text": "She hath opened her hand to the needy, and stretched out her hands to the poor.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:20 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 21,
      "text": "She shall not fear for her house in the cold of snow: for all her domestics are clothed with double garments.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:21 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 22,
      "text": "She hath made for herself clothing of tapestry: fine linen, and purple, is her covering.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:22 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 23,
      "text": "Her husband is honourable in the gates, when he sitteth among the senators of the land.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:23 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 24,
      "text": "She made fine linen, and sold it, and delivered a girdle to the Chanaanite.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:24 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 25,
      "text": "Strength and beauty are her clothing, and she shall laugh in the latter day.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:25 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 26,
      "text": "She hath opened her mouth to wisdom, and the law of clemency is on her tongue.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:26 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 27,
      "text": "She hath looked well on the paths of her house, and hath not eaten her bread idle.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:27 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 28,
      "text": "Her children rose up, and called her blessed: her husband, and he praised her.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:28 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 29,
      "text": "Many daughters have gathered together riches: thou hast surpassed them all.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:29 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 30,
      "text": "Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: the woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:30 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 31,
      "text": "Give her of the fruit of her hands: and let her works praise her in the gates.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 31:31 (Douay-Rheims)"
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