<p class="poetry">A gentle response<n id="1" /> turns away anger,p> <p class="poetry">but a harsh word<n id="2" /> stirs up wrath.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The wise person<n id="1" /> can scale<n id="2" /> the city of the mightyp> <p class="poetry">and bring down the stronghold<n id="3" /> in which they trust.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Like a thorn<n id="1" /> that goes into the hand of a drunkard,p> <p class="poetry">so is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Many<n id="1" /> daughters<n id="2" /> have done valiantly,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but you surpass them all!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">I saw<n id="1" /> that thorns had grown up all over it,p> <p class="poetry">the ground<n id="2" /> was covered with weeds,p> <p class="poetry">and its stone wall was broken down.p>

<p class="poetry">for it is better for him<n id="1" /> to say to you, &#8220;Come up here,&#8221;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">than to put you lower<n id="3" /> before a prince,p> <p class="poetry">whom your eyes have seen.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Who has ascended into heaven, and then descended?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Who has gathered up the winds in his fists?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Who has bound up the waters in his cloak?<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Who has established all the ends of the earth?<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">What is his name, and what is his son&#8217;s name?<n id="5" /> &#8211; if you know!p>