<p class="poetry">The one who conducts himself<n id="1" /> in integrity<n id="2" /> will live<n id="3" /> securely,p> <p class="poetry">but the one who behaves perversely<n id="4" /> will be found out.p>

<p class="poetry">He stores up<n id="1" /> effective counsel<n id="2" /> for the upright,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and is like<n id="4" /> a shield<n id="5" /> for those who live<n id="6" /> with integrity,<n id="7" />p>

<p class="poetry">who leave<n id="1" /> the upright<n id="2" /> pathsp> <p class="poetry">to walk on the dark<n id="3" /> ways,p>

<p class="poetry">and your poverty will come like a robber,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and your need like an armed man.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I walk in the path of righteousness,p> <p class="poetry">in the pathway of justice,p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Come, eat<n id="1" /> some of my food,p> <p class="poetry">and drink some of the wine I have mixed.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The righteous person<n id="1" /> behaves in integrity;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">blessed are his children after him.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">and your poverty will come like a bandit,p> <p class="poetry">and your need like an armed robber.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">My child, do not go down<n id="1" /> their way,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">withhold yourself<n id="3" /> from their path;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">So<n id="1" /> you will walk in the way of good people,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and will keep on the paths of the righteous.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Then you will walk on your way<n id="1" /> with security,p> <p class="poetry">and you<n id="2" /> will not stumble.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">When you walk, your steps<n id="1" /> will not be hampered,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and when you run,<n id="3" /> you will not stumble.p>

<p class="poetry">Go to the ant, you sluggard;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">observe its ways and be wise!p>

<p class="poetry">A worthless and wicked person<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">walks around saying perverse<n id="2" /> things;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Can<n id="1" /> a man walk on hot coalsp> <p class="poetry">without scorching his feet?p>

<p class="poetry">Come, let&#8217;s drink deeply<n id="1" /> of lovemaking<n id="2" /> until morning,p> <p class="poetry">let&#8217;s delight ourselves<n id="3" /> with sexual intercourse.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">For my husband<n id="1" /> is not at home;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he has gone on a journey of some distance.p>

<p class="poetry">The one who goes about slandering others<n id="1" /> reveals<n id="2" /> secrets,p> <p class="poetry">but the one who is trustworthy<n id="3" /> conceals a matter.p>

<p class="poetry">The one who associates<n id="1" /> with the wise grows wise,p> <p class="poetry">but a companion of fools suffers harm.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who walks in his uprightness fears the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but the one who is perverted in his ways<n id="2" /> despises him.p>