<p class="poetry">The fear of the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> is like<n id="2" /> a life-giving fountain,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">to turn<n id="4" /> people<n id="5" /> from deadly snares.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">A tranquil spirit<n id="1" /> revives the body,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but envy<n id="3" /> is rottenness to the bones.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Speech<n id="1" /> that heals<n id="2" /> is like<n id="3" /> a life-giving tree,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">but a perverse tongue<n id="5" /> breaks the spirit.p>

<p class="poetry">The path of life is upward<n id="1" /> for the wise person,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">to<n id="3" /> keep him from going downward to Sheol.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The person<n id="1" /> who hears the reproof that leads to life<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">is at home<n id="3" /> among the wise.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">In the light of the king&#8217;s face<n id="1" /> there is life,p> <p class="poetry">and his favor is like the clouds<n id="2" /> of the spring rain.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Insight<n id="1" /> is like<n id="2" /> a life-giving fountain<n id="3" /> to the one who possesses it,p> <p class="poetry">but folly leads to the discipline of fools.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Death and life are in the power<n id="1" /> of the tongue,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and those who love its use<n id="3" /> will eat its fruit.p>

<p class="poetry">Fearing the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> leads<n id="2" /> to life,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and one who does so will live<n id="4" /> satisfied; he will not be afflicted<n id="5" /> by calamity.p>

<p class="poetry">The one who pursues righteousness and love<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">finds life, bounty,<n id="2" /> and honor.p>

<p class="poetry">The reward<n id="1" /> for humility<n id="2" /> and fearing the <sc>Lordsc><n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">is riches and honor and life.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">She brings him<n id="1" /> good and not evil<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">all the days of her life.p>

<p class="poetry">For the commandments<n id="1" /> are like<n id="2" /> a lamp,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">instruction is like a light,p> <p class="poetry">and rebukes of discipline are like<n id="4" /> the road leading to life,<n id="5" />p>