<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>

<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>

<p class="poetry">Do not love sleep,<n id="1" /> lest you become impoverished;p> <p class="poetry">open your eyes so that<n id="2" /> you might be satisfied with food.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not go out hastily to litigation,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">or<n id="2" /> what will you do afterwardp> <p class="poetry">when your neighbor puts you to shame?p>

<p class="poetry">Do not answer a fool according to his folly,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">lest you yourself also be like him.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">lest I become satisfied and act deceptively<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and say, &#8220;Who is the <sc>Lordsc>?&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">Or lest I become poor and stealp> <p class="poetry">and demean<n id="2" /> the name of my God.p>

<p class="poetry">lest they drink and forget what is decreed,p> <p class="poetry">and remove<n id="1" /> from all the poor<n id="2" /> their legal rights.<n id="3" />p>