<p class="poetry">True<n id="1" /> righteousness leads to<n id="2" /> life,p> <p class="poetry">but the one who pursues evil pursues it<n id="3" /> to his own death.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">That is why I came out to meet you,p> <p class="poetry">to look for you,<n id="1" /> and I found you!p>

<p class="poetry">Like vinegar to the teeth and like smoke to the eyes,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so is the sluggard to those<n id="2" /> who send him.p>

<p class="poetry">The lips of the wise spread<n id="1" /> knowledge,p> <p class="poetry">but not so the heart of fools.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Like tying a stone in a sling,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so is giving honor to a fool.p>

<p class="poetry">Like a bird that wanders<n id="1" /> from its nest,p> <p class="poetry">so is a person who wanders from his home.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">As in water the face is reflected as a face,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so a person&#8217;s heart<n id="2" /> reflects the person.p>

<p class="poetry">Such<n id="1" /> are the ways<n id="2" /> of all who gain profit unjustly;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">it<n id="4" /> takes away the life<n id="5" /> of those who obtain it!<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly;p> <p class="poetry">in an instant<n id="1" /> he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.p>

<p class="poetry">So it is with<n id="1" /> the one who has sex with<n id="2" /> his neighbor&#8217;s wife;p> <p class="poetry">no one<n id="3" /> who touches<n id="4" /> her will escape<n id="5" /> punishment.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Likewise, know<n id="1" /> that wisdom is sweet<n id="2" /> to your soul;p> <p class="poetry">if you find it,<n id="3" /> you will have a future,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and your hope will not be cut off.p>

<p class="poetry">Do not say, &#8220;I will do to him just as he has done to me;p> <p class="poetry">I will pay him back<n id="1" /> according to what he has done.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,p> <p class="poetry">so honor<n id="1" /> is not fitting for a fool.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Like a fluttering bird or like a flying swallow,p> <p class="poetry">so a curse without cause<n id="1" /> does not come to rest.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">so is a person<n id="1" /> who deceives his neighbor,p> <p class="poetry">and says, &#8220;Was I not only joking?&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">When a country is rebellious<n id="1" /> it has many princes,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but by someone who is discerning and knowledgeable<n id="3" /> order is maintained.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">This is the way<n id="1" /> of an adulterous<n id="2" /> woman:p> <p class="poetry">she eats and wipes her mouth<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and says, &#8220;I have not done wrong.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">for he is<n id="1" /> like someone calculating the cost<n id="2" /> in his mind.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Eat and drink,&#8221; he says to you,p> <p class="poetry">but his heart is not with you;p>