<p class="poetry">So<n id="1" /> take warning, Jerusalem,p> <p class="poetry">or I will abandon you in disgust<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and make you desolate,p> <p class="poetry">a place where no one can live.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">lest you give your vigor<n id="1" /> to othersp> <p class="poetry">and your years to a cruel person,p>

<p class="poetry">lest you learn<n id="1" /> his waysp> <p class="poetry">and entangle yourself in a snare.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">lest the one who hears it put you to shamep> <p class="poetry">and your infamy<n id="1" /> will never go away.p>

Be careful not to make<n id="1" /> a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it become a snare<n id="2" /> among you.

<p class="poetry">But I fear the reaction<n id="1" /> of their enemies,p> <p class="poetry">for<n id="2" /> their adversaries would misunderstandp> <p class="poetry">and say, &#8220;Our power is great,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and the <sc>Lordsc> has not done all this!&#8221;&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">Don&#8217;t report it in Gath,p> <p class="poetry">don&#8217;t spread the news in the streets of Ashkelon,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice,p> <p class="poetry">the daughters of the uncircumcised will celebrate!p>

When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses,

<p class="poetry">So do not say,<n id="1" /> &#8216;We have found wisdom!p> <p class="poetry">God will refute<n id="2" /> him, not man!&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">Otherwise they will rip<n id="1" /> me<n id="2" /> to shreds like a lion;p> <p class="poetry">they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">They will lift you up in their hands,p> <p class="poetry">so you will not slip and fall on a stone.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Lest<n id="1" /> she should make level the path leading to life,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">her paths are unstable<n id="3" /> but she does not know it.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">lest strangers devour<n id="1" /> your strength,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and your labor<n id="3" /> benefit<n id="4" /> another man&#8217;s house.p>

<p class="poetry">Do not reprove<n id="1" /> a mocker or<n id="2" /> he will hate you;p> <p class="poetry">reprove a wise person and he will love you.p>

<p class="poetry">lest the <sc>Lordsc> see it, and be displeased,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and turn his wrath away from him.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">When you find<n id="1" /> honey, eat only what is sufficient for you,p> <p class="poetry">lest you become stuffed<n id="2" /> with it and vomit it up.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Don&#8217;t set foot too frequently<n id="1" /> in your neighbor&#8217;s house,p> <p class="poetry">lest he become weary<n id="2" /> of you and hate you.p>

<p class="poetry">Answer a fool according to his folly,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">lest he be wise in his own estimation.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not add to his words,p> <p class="poetry">lest he reprove you, and prove you to be a liar.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not slander<n id="1" /> a servant to his master,p> <p class="poetry">lest he curse you, and you are found guilty.<n id="2" />p>