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  "citation": "Proverbs 9 (Douay-Rheims)",
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      "verse": 1,
      "text": "Wisdom hath built herself a house, she hath hewn her out seven pillars.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 9:1 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 2,
      "text": "She hath slain her victims, mingled her wine, and set forth her table.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 9:2 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 3,
      "text": "She hath sent her maids to invite to the tower, and to the walls of the city:",
      "citation": "Proverbs 9:3 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 4,
      "text": "Whosoever is a little one, let him come to me. And to the unwise she said:",
      "citation": "Proverbs 9:4 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 5,
      "text": "Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine which I have mingled for you.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 9:5 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 6,
      "text": "Forsake childishness, and live, and walk by the ways of prudence.",
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      "verse": 7,
      "text": "He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself; and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 9:7 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 8,
      "text": "Rebuke not a scorner, lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.",
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      "verse": 9,
      "text": "Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 9:9 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 10,
      "text": "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 9:10 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 11,
      "text": "For by me shall thy days be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 9:11 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 12,
      "text": "If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 9:12 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 13,
      "text": "A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and knowing nothing at all,",
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      "verse": 14,
      "text": "Sat at the door of her house, upon a seat, in a high place of the city,",
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      "verse": 15,
      "text": "To call them that pass by the way, and go on their journey:",
      "citation": "Proverbs 9:15 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 16,
      "text": "He that is a little one, let him turn to me. And to the fool she said:",
      "citation": "Proverbs 9:16 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 17,
      "text": "Stolen waters are sweeter, and hidden bread is more pleasant.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 9:17 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 18,
      "text": "And he did not know that giants are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell.",
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