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-\v 1 When you rebuke a person who has rejected your words and who refused to listen to you,
+\v 1 When you rebuke a person who has rejected your words and refused to listen to you,
 \q2 he will be crushed to the point that he cannot be healed.
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 \v 2 When people live the right way, they become more numerous,
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-\v 3 A son who desires to learn about wisdom makes his father very happy;
-\q2 but the son who is a companion of prostitutes will lose all his money
+\v 3 A son who desires to learn about wisdom makes his father very happy,
+\q2 but the son who is a companion of prostitutes will lose all his money.
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 \v 4 When a king rules with honest rules and good laws, he causes his nation to be strong,
 \q2 but anyone who asks for bribes ruins his nation.
 
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-\v 5 One who praises his neighbor to get something from him,
-\q2 is like the one who listens for the sound of his footsteps,
+\v 5 One who praises his neighbor to get something from him
+\q2 is like the one who listens for the sound of his footsteps
 \q2 so he can catch him in a net.
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-\v 6 A bad person sets a trap with his sin; then he falls into it;
+\v 6 A bad person sets a trap with his sin, then he falls into it;
 \q2 but one who does right is full of songs and joy.
 
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-\v 7 The one who does right stands up for the poor and defends them;
+\v 7 The one who does right stands up for the poor and defends them,
 \q2 but wicked people do not see the importance of standing up for the poor.
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-\v 8 People who sneer and mock others are like those who set a city on fire;
+\v 8 People who sneer and mock others are like those who set a city on fire,
 \q2 but those who help people get rid of their anger are wise.
 
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 \v 9 If a wise person has any conflict with a foolish person,
 \q2 the foolish person screams at him and then laughs at him, and it never ends.
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-\v 10 A murderer hates him who does everything right;
+\v 10 Murderers hate him who does everything right
 \q2 and they seek to kill the one who has a good reputation.
 
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 \v 13 What do a poor person and one who takes advantage of people have in common?
 \q2 Yahweh gives life to both of them.
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-\v 14 If a king judges the poor by listening to the truth,
+\v 14 If a king judges poor people by listening to the truth,
 \q2 he will build a kingdom that will continue forever.
 
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 \v 16 When wicked people have authority, lawbreaking is common;
 \q2 but those who do what is right will see the day
-\q2 when the wicked will lose their power.
+\q2 when wicked people will lose their power.
 
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 \v 21 If a slave is excused from his labor
 \q2 and treated better than other slaves by his master
-\q2 from the time he is young;
-\q2 but when he is grown,
+\q2 from the time he is young,
+\q2 when he is grown
 \q2 that slave will give trouble to his master.
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 \v 22 A person who cannot control his anger stirs up many quarrels
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-\v 23 Any person who is proud will be humbled;
+\v 23 Any person who is proud will be humbled,
 \q2 but the one who is humbled will be given honor.
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-\v 24 A person who helps a thief, hates himself;
-\q2 he overhears the curse, but he does not say anything about it.
+\v 24 A person who helps a thief hates himself;
+\q2 he overhears the curse but he does not say anything about it.
 
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 \v 25 When one is afraid of what people can do,
-\q2 it is like setting a trap for himself.
+\q2 it is like setting a trap for himself,
 \q2 but whoever trusts in Yahweh is safe.
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 \v 26 Many people want to come before a ruler to get help from him,
-\q2 but Yahweh is the only one who gives him true justice.
+\q2 but Yahweh is the only one who gives a person true justice.
 
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-\v 27 Those who do what is right detest a person who treats others in an unfair way;
-\q2 just as the wicked hate those who live good lives.
+\v 27 Those who do what is right detest a person who treats others in an unfair way,
+\q2 just as wicked people hate those who live good lives.
 
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 \v 7 I ask Yahweh for two things,
 \q2 and that he give them to me before I die.
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-\v 8 Put vain pride and lies far away from me;
-\q2 and do not give me poverty or riches,
+\v 8 Put vain pride and lies far away from me
+\q2 and do not give me poverty or riches;
 \q2 just give me the food I need every day.
 \v 9 For if I have too much money,
 \q2 it is possible that I will deny my God and say, "Who is Yahweh?"
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 \v 10 Do not speak badly about a slave when he is standing before his master;
-\q2 if you do, he will curse you, and you will be responsible; you brought it on yourself.
+\q2 if you do, he will curse you and you will be responsible; you brought it on yourself.
 
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 \q2 they make people look at them and they show their pride in their faces!
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 \v 14 These people use their mouths to speak the most hurtful words, like they are cutting and tearing people apart;
-\q1 it is as if they are eating up the poor people from the earth,
+\q1 it is as if they are eating up the poor people from the earth
 \q2 and swallowing up the needy from humanity.
 
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-\v 15 There are leeches that suck blood, imagine they had two daughters;
-\q2 they say, "Give to us! Give to us!
+\v 15 There are leeches that suck blood; imagine they had two daughters;
+\q2 they say, "Give to us! Give to us!"
 \q1 There are four things that are never satisfied—
-\q2 they always want more :
+\q2 they always want more:
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-\v 16 The grave, the place of the dead;
+\v 16 the grave, the place of the dead;
 \q1 the womb of a woman that never conceived a child;
 \q1 soil that badly needs to be watered;
-\q1 and a fire that burns hot and it never says, "The fire is hot enough!"
+\q1 and a fire that burns hot and never says, "The fire is hot enough!"
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-\v 17 The one who dishonors his father,
-\q2 and who disrespects and disobeys his mother.
-\q1 such a person would be killed and have his eyes pecked out by crows,
+\v 17 The one who dishonors his father
+\q2 and who disrespects and disobeys his mother—
+\q1 such a person would be killed and have his eyes pecked out by crows
 \q2 and would be devoured by the vultures.
 
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 \v 18 There are three wonderful things I can mention;
-\q2 no, there are four that are too amazing and I cannot understand them.
+\q2 no, there are four that are too amazing and I cannot understand them:
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-\v 19 How eagles fly in the sky;
+\v 19 how eagles fly in the sky,
 \q1 how snakes move over a big rock,
 \q1 how ships can sail on the seas,
 \q1 and how a man is able to win the love of a woman.
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 \v 20 This is what a woman is like who is not faithful to her husband:
-\q2 she eats and then wipes her mouth,
+\q2 she eats and then wipes her mouth
 \q2 and she says, "There is nothing wrong in what I have done."
 
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 \v 21 There are four things that make the earth tremble:
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-\v 22 the earth trembles with a slave becomes a king;
-\q1 the earth trembles when fool has eaten his food and is filled;
+\v 22 the earth trembles with a slave becomes a king,
+\q1 the earth trembles when a fool has eaten his food and is filled,
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-\v 23 the earth trembles when a woman who is hated by all, gets married,
-\q1 and the earth trembles, when the maid becomes the wife of her master.
+\v 23 the earth trembles when a woman who is hated by all gets married,
+\q1 and the earth trembles when the maid becomes the wife of her master.
 
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-\v 24 There are four creatures on the earth that are small, but they are very wise.
+\v 24 There are four creatures on the earth that are small but they are very wise.
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 \v 25 Ants are not strong,
 \q2 but they store up food during the summer in order to have it during the winter.
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-\v 29 There are four animals that walk with great pride and they are very impressive as they walk.
+\v 29 There are four animals that walk with great pride and they are very impressive as they walk:
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-\v 30 Lions, which are the strongest among wild animals
-\q2 and are not afraid of any of them.
+\v 30 lions, which are the strongest among wild animals
+\q2 and are not afraid of any of them;
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-\v 31 Strutting roosters, and male goats,
+\v 31 strutting roosters; male goats;
 \q1 and kings who stand with their soldiers beside them.
 
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 \v 32 If you have acted foolishly, exalting yourself,
-\q2 or if you been planning to do something evil,
+\q2 or if you have been planning to do something evil,
 \q1 put your hand over your mouth! Stop it!
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-\v 33 Just as when you churn milk, and it produces butter,
+\v 33 Just as when you churn milk and it produces butter,
 \q2 even so, if you hit someone hard on his nose, the result is that his nose will bleed;
-\q2 and, in the same way, when people are angry, they will argue and fight.
+\q2 in the same way, when people are angry they will argue and fight.
 
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