<p class="poetry">Every wise woman<n id="1" /> builds<n id="2" /> her household,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.p>

<p class="poetry">In the house<n id="1" /> of the righteous is abundant wealth,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but the income of the wicked brings trouble.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> tears down the house of the proud,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but he maintains the boundaries of the widow.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who is greedy for gain<n id="1" /> troubles<n id="2" /> his household,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but whoever hates bribes<n id="4" /> will live.p>

<p class="poetry">As for the one who repays<n id="1" /> evil for good,p> <p class="poetry">evil will not leave<n id="2" /> his house.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">A house and wealth are inherited from parents,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but a prudent wife<n id="2" /> is from the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">The Righteous One<n id="1" /> considers<n id="2" /> the house<n id="3" /> of the wicked;p> <p class="poetry">he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.<n id="4" />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">And there will be enough goat&#8217;s milk for your food,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for the food of your household,p> <p class="poetry">and for the sustenance<n id="2" /> of your servant girls.p>

<p class="poetry">rock badgers<n id="1" /> are creatures with little power,p> <p class="poetry">but they make their homes in the crags;p>

<p class="poetry">She also gets up<n id="1" /> while it is still night,p> <p class="poetry">and provides food<n id="2" /> for her household and a portion<n id="3" /> to her female servants.p>

<p class="poetry">She watches over<n id="1" /> the ways of her household,p> <p class="poetry">and does not eat the bread of idleness.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Better is a dry crust of bread<n id="1" /> where there is quietness<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">than a house full of feasting with strife.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">It is better to live on a corner of the housetop<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">than in a house in company<n id="2" /> with a quarrelsome wife.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Establish your work outside and get your fields ready;p> <p class="poetry">afterward build<n id="1" /> your house.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">It is better to live on a corner of the housetopp> <p class="poetry">than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not forsake your friend and your father&#8217;s friend,p> <p class="poetry">and do not enter your brother&#8217;s house in the day of your disaster;p> <p class="poetry">a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.<n id="1" />p>