<p class="poetry">&#8220;I have<n id="1" /> fresh meat at home;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">today I have fulfilled my vows!p>

<p class="poetry">Yet<n id="1" /> if he is caught<n id="2" /> he must repay<n id="3" /> seven times over,p> <p class="poetry">he might even have to give<n id="4" /> all the wealth of his house.p>

<p class="poetry">If the righteous are recompensed on earth,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">how much more<n id="2" /> the wicked sinner!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who despises instruction<n id="1" /> will pay the penalty,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but whoever esteems instruction<n id="3" /> will<n id="4" /> be rewarded.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Calamity<n id="1" /> pursues sinners,p> <p class="poetry">but prosperity rewards the righteous.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">When a person&#8217;s<n id="1" /> ways are pleasing to the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he<n id="3" /> even reconciles his enemies to himself.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who is gracious<n id="1" /> to the poor lends<n id="2" /> to the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">and the <sc>Lordsc><n id="3" /> will repay him<n id="4" /> for his good deed.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not say,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I will pay back<n id="2" /> evil!&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">Wait<n id="3" /> for the <sc>Lord,sc> so that he may vindicate you.<n id="4" />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">for you will heap coals of fire on his head,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the <sc>Lordsc> will reward you.<n id="2" />p>