<p class="poetry">Do not spend time<n id="1" /> among drunkards,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">among those who eat too much<n id="3" /> meat,p>

<p class="poetry">And you will be like one who lies down in the midst<n id="1" /> of the sea,p> <p class="poetry">and like one who lies down on the top of the rigging.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not envy evil people,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">do not desire<n id="2" /> to be with them;p>

<p class="poetry">for the evil person has no future,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and do not deceive with your words.<n id="2" />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 be wise in your own estimation;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">fear the <sc>Lordsc> and turn away from evil.<n id="2" />p>