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 \v 4 They give wise teaching to those who have no experience and to instruct those who do not know how to live a moral life,
 \q and to give the young the knowledge they need and to teach them the understanding they do not have—
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-\v 5 so the wise may listen to these sayings and increase in their learning,
+\v 5 so wise people may listen to these sayings and increase in their learning,
 \q2 and those who already have insight will gain more ways to live according to the lessons of wisdom.
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 \v 6 They seek to understand the lessons of the proverbs and the meaning of the parables.
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-\v 7 You must begin your search for knowledge by honoring Yahweh and respecting him,
+\v 7 You must begin your search for knowledge by honoring Yahweh and respecting him;
 \q2 a fool who dishonors himself hates wisdom and fights against the one who corrects him.
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 \v 8 My son, listen when your father teaches you
 \q2 and do not disobey the rules your mother set down.
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 \v 9 Their teaching is a wreath upon your head,
-\q2 and beautiful necklaces around your neck,
+\q2 and beautiful necklaces around your neck;
 \q2 they are priceless gifts from your parents.
 
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 \v 15 My son, do not walk that road with them!
 \q2 Do not put your foot down on the same path on which they walk!
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-\v 16 They run to the places where they do terrible things,
-\q2 They hurry so they can commit murder.
+\v 16 They run to the places where they do terrible things;
+\q2 they hurry so they can commit murder.
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 \v 17 It is useless to put out a net to trap a bird
 \q while the bird is watching you.
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 \q2 Wisdom calls out to people in the plazas.
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 \v 21 At the intersection of busy streets she cries out
-\q2 and at the entrance of city gates.
+\q2 and at the entrance of city gates she says:
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-\v 22 She cries, "How long will you who have not been taught, will you love being enticed to do what will harm you?
-\q2 How long will you who think you know more than the wise, have so much joy in the little you know?
+\v 22 "You who have not been taught, how long will you love being enticed to do what will harm you?
+\q2 You who think you know more than the wise, how long will you have so much joy in the little you know?
 \q2 How long will you fools refuse to learn?
 
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-\v 26 I will laugh at you, when you are experiencing troubles,
+\v 26 I will laugh at you, when you are experiencing troubles;
 \q2 when you are terribly afraid,
 \q2 I will have contempt for you and not compassion.
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-\v 27 When troubles strike you like a powerful storm,
+\v 27 When troubles strike you like a powerful storm
 \q2 and disasters hit you like a violent wind,
 \q2 when you experience distress and you go through difficulties,
 \q2 I will have contempt for you.
 
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-\v 28 When people call to me to help them,
+\v 28 Then people will call to me to help them,
 \q2 but I will not answer them.
-\q2 They will be desperate for my help, and search everywhere for me,
+\q2 They will be desperate for my help and search everywhere for me,
 \q2 but they will not find me.
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-\v 29 They reject what I say and they hate what I know,
+\v 29 They rejected what I say and they hated what I know,
 \q and they made a choice not to show respect to Yahweh.
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 \v 30 They would not obey what I told them to do,
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-\v 3 Call out to Yahweh to get insight,
+\v 3 Call out to Yahweh to get insight;
 \q2 plead with him to help you understand more of what he wants you to know.
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 \v 4 Search eagerly for wisdom, like you would search for silver—
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 \v 6 Yahweh is the one who gives us wisdom.
 \q2 He is the one who tells us things that we need to know and understand.
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-\v 7 He stores up good advice so he can give it to them who honor him by the way they live their lives.
+\v 7 He stores up good advice so he can give it to those who honor him by the way they live their lives.
 \q2 He protects those who do with their lives what they say with their lips.
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 \v 8 He guards justice and works to see it is done,
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-\v 14 They are glad when they do what is wrong,
+\v 14 They are glad when they do what is wrong;
 \q2 they twist good things into bad and enjoy doing what they know is wrong.
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 \v 15 They bend the truth and live by deception
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 \v 16 Wisdom will keep you safe from the adulterous woman,
 \q2 and you will not pay attention when a strange woman invites you to be with her.
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-\v 17 Those women left the husbands they married when they were young,
+\v 17 Those women left the husbands they married when they were young;
 \q2 they forgot the promise they made to God to love only the one they married.
 
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 \v 18 Those who enter her house are taken to their death,
 \q2 because the way to her house takes them where dead people are buried. 
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-\v 19 All who go to her to sleep with her have no way to get out of her house,
+\v 19 All who go to her to sleep with her have no way to get out of her house;
 \q2 they will be so lost they will never find the way back to life.
 
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 \q2 and only those who do what they have promised will stay in the land for a long time.
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 \v 22 Those who do bad things will have no claim to this land,
-\q2 and people who take advantage of others and do not keep their word, they will never have even a small part of the land.
+\q2 and people who take advantage of others and do not keep their word will never have even a small part of the land.
 
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-\v 7 Do not think you are wise enough to direct your life,
+\v 7 Do not think you are wise enough to direct your life;
 \q2 give Yahweh the reverence he deserves,
 \q2 and when evil invites you in, turn aside from it.
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 \v 19 By his wisdom Yahweh laid out the earth from the very beginning,
-\q2 and by his understanding he put everything in the heavens exactly where they should be.
+\q2 and by his understanding he put everything in the heavens exactly where it should be.
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 \v 20 The deepest part of the oceans broke open according to Yahweh's design,
 \q2 and in the same way, he made the dew so it would fall from the clouds above.
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 \v 25 Do not let a disaster fill you with terror,
 \q2 and do not let the wicked fill you with fear when they come for you.
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-\v 26 Yahweh takes your side to defend you,
+\v 26 Yahweh takes your side to defend you;
 \q2 he will not allow any trap to catch and hold you.
 
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-\v 27 Give good gifts to those who deserve it,
+\v 27 Give good gifts to those who deserve it;
 \q2 when you can, help them.
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 \v 28 Do not say to your neighbor, "Come back later;
 \q2 perhaps I will help you tomorrow,"
-\q2 when you have the money with you and can help them now.
+\q2 when you have the money with you and can help him now.
 
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@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ your storerooms will be so full that they will overflow,
 \q especially those who live close to you and trust you.
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 \v 30 If a person has done nothing to you,
-\q2 do not argue with him or say he has done something to you, when he has not.
+\q2 do not argue with him or say he has done something to you.
 
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@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ your storerooms will be so full that they will overflow,
 
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-\v 33 Yahweh promises punishment to the families of those who do evil things.
+\v 33 Yahweh promises punishment to the families of those who do evil things,
 \q2 but he makes happy the families of the good.
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 \v 34 Yahweh makes fools of those who treat others with disrespect,
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 \v 3 When I was my father's boy,
 \q1 and the only child of my mother,
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-\v 4 my father told me, "Put my words deep within you,
-\q1 obey my orders to you,
+\v 4 my father told me, "Put my words deep within you;
+\q1 obey my orders to you
 \q2 and you will have life.
 
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 \v 5 Hold on to what is wise and whatever helps you understand,
 \q1 and do not forget the lessons I taught you and do not throw away the insights I spoke to you.
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-\v 6 Do not run away from the lessons which the wise teach you,
+\v 6 Do not run away from the lessons that the wise teach you,
 \q2 because if you become wise, wisdom will keep you safe.
 \q1 Love wisdom and it will guard your life.
 
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 \v 11 I directed you in the way you should walk and to use the wisdom you were taught;
 \q2 I led you by the hand down the roads, roads that are the right way for you to go.
 \v 12 When you live, you do not have anyone to blame; if you live wisely,
-\q2 when you use all your effort, you will succeed .
+\q2 when you use all your effort, you will succeed.
 
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-\v 13 Remember the lessons that discipline taught you,
+\v 13 Remember the lessons that discipline taught you
 \q2 and do not let them go.
 \q1 Guard them; for you live your life by them.
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 \v 16 Evil people cannot rest until they have done something that Yahweh said they must not do.
-\q2 They will not rest until they force someone to fall, someone who was doing well until they came along.
+\q2 They will not rest until they force someone to fall—someone who was doing well until they came along.
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-\v 17 They get their strength, and they are fed by doing what is wrong;
+\v 17 They get their strength and they are fed by doing what is wrong,
 \q and they are intoxicated by hurting others; they get drunk on it.
 
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 \v 3 The woman who desires to commit adultery speaks with words that are sweet,
 \q2 and her kisses are smoother than oil,
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-\v 4 but in the end, she is so bitter you can taste it,
+\v 4 but in the end she is so bitter you can taste it,
 \q2 and she cuts you like a sharp sword.
 
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-\v 9 If you go to her you will lose the respect of others,
+\v 9 If you go to her, you will lose the respect of others,
 \q2 and you give your life to someone who will not have mercy on you.
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 \v 10 It may be that others will take all the wealth that you have earned,
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 \v 13 I did not obey my teachers
 \q2 and I paid no attention to those who taught me.
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-\v 14 I was almost destroyed by bad things that happened to me;
+\v 14 I was almost destroyed by bad things that happened to me,
 \q2 and this was known to everyone who came together to worship Yahweh."
 
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 \v 22 An evil person's sinful desires take hold of him;
 \q2 his sins are like a trap that catches him.
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-\v 23 An evil man will die because he could not say, "No" to his desires;
+\v 23 An evil man will die because he could not say "No" to his desires;
 \q2 he gets lost because his foolishness has no limits.
 
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