<p class="poetry">so<n id="1" /> I myself will laugh<n id="2" /> when disaster strikes you,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I will mock when what you dread<n id="4" /> comes,p>

<p class="poetry">A generous person<n id="1" /> will be enriched,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and the one who provides water<n id="3" /> for others<n id="4" /> will himself be satisfied.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even in laughter the heart may ache,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the end<n id="2" /> of joy may be<n id="3" /> grief.p>

<p class="poetry">A poor person is disliked<n id="1" /> even by his neighbors,p> <p class="poetry">but those who love the rich are many.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 acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">both of them are an abomination to the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even a fool who remains silent is considered<n id="1" /> wise,p> <p class="poetry">and the one who holds his tongue is deemed discerning.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">When a wicked person<n id="1" /> arrives, contempt<n id="2" /> shows up with him,p> <p class="poetry">and with shame comes<n id="3" /> a reproach.p>

<p class="poetry">The one who<n id="1" /> is slack<n id="2" /> in his workp> <p class="poetry">is a brother<n id="3" /> to one who destroys.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Diverse weights and diverse measures<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> abhors<n id="2" /> both of them.p>

<p class="poetry">The ear that hears and the eye that sees<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> has made them both.<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>

<t /><p class="poetry">These sayings also are from the wise:p> <p class="poetry">To show partiality<n id="1" /> in judgment is terrible:<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who turns away his ear<n id="1" /> from hearing the law,p> <p class="poetry">even his prayer<n id="2" /> is an abomination.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">It is terrible<n id="1" /> to punish<n id="2" /> a righteous person,p> <p class="poetry">and to flog<n id="3" /> honorable men is wrong.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">It is dangerous<n id="1" /> to have zeal<n id="2" /> without knowledge,p> <p class="poetry">and the one who acts hastily<n id="3" /> makes poor choices.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The sluggard plunges<n id="1" /> his hand in the dish,p> <p class="poetry">and he will not even bring it back to his mouth!<n id="2" />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">The one who shuts his ears<n id="1" /> to the cry<n id="2" /> of the poor,p> <p class="poetry">he too will cry out and will not be answered.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Train<n id="1" /> a child<n id="2" /> in the way that he should go,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and when he is old he will not turn from it.<n id="4" />p>