<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">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">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>

<p class="poetry">Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">than one who is perverse in his speech<n id="2" /> and is a fool.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who goes about gossiping<n id="1" /> reveals secrets;p> <p class="poetry">therefore do not associate<n id="2" /> with someone who is always opening his mouth.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">A poor person<n id="1" /> who walks in his integrity is betterp> <p class="poetry">than one who is perverse in his ways<n id="2" /> even though<n id="3" /> he is rich.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who walks blamelessly will be delivered,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but whoever is perverse in his ways will fall<n id="2" /> at once.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">growing brighter and brighter<n id="2" /> until full day.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Suddenly he went<n id="1" /> after herp> <p class="poetry">like an ox that goes to the slaughter,p> <p class="poetry">like a stag prancing into a trapper&#8217;s snare<n id="2" />p>