<p class="poetry">If you have done foolishly by exalting yourself<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">or if you have planned evil,p> <p class="poetry">put<n id="2" /> your hand over your mouth!p>

<p class="poetry">For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they are robbed of sleep<n id="2" /> until they make someone stumble.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even a young man<n id="1" /> is known<n id="2" /> by his actions,p> <p class="poetry">whether his activity is pure and whether it is right.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat,p> <p class="poetry">and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,p>

<t /><p class="poetry">My child, if sinners<n id="1" /> try to entice<n id="2" /> you,p> <p class="poetry">do not consent!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">if<n id="1" /> you seek<n id="2" /> it like silver,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and search for it<n id="4" /> like hidden treasure,p>

<t /><p class="poetry">My child,<n id="2" /> if<n id="3" /> you receive my words,p> <p class="poetry">and store up<n id="4" /> my commands within you,p>

<p class="poetry">indeed, if<n id="1" /> you call out for<n id="2" /> discernment<n id="3" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">raise your voice<n id="4" /> for understanding &#8211;p>

<p class="poetry">When<n id="1" /> you lie down you will not be filled with fear;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">when<n id="3" /> you lie down your sleep will be pleasant.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Although<n id="1" /> he is scornful to arrogant scoffers,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">yet<n id="3" /> he shows favor to the humble.<n id="4" />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>

<t /><p class="poetry">My child,<n id="2" /> if you have made a pledge<n id="3" /> for your neighbor,p> <p class="poetry">and<n id="4" /> have become a guarantor<n id="5" /> for a stranger,<n id="6" />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">If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but if you are a mocker,<n id="2" /> you alone must<n id="3" /> bear it.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">A fool takes no pleasure<n id="1" /> in understandingp> <p class="poetry">but only in disclosing<n id="2" /> what is on his mind.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">If you do not have enough to pay,p> <p class="poetry">your bed<n id="1" /> will be taken<n id="2" /> right out from under you!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">and put a knife to your throat<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">if you possess a large appetite.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">My child,<n id="1" /> if your heart is wise,p> <p class="poetry">then my heart also will be glad;p>

<p class="poetry">For surely there is a future,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and your hope will not be cut off.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Deliver those being taken away to death,p> <p class="poetry">and hold back those slipping to the slaughter.<n id="1" />p>