<p class="poetry">Leave the presence of a foolish person,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">or<n id="2" /> you will not understand<n id="3" /> wise counsel.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">There is a way that seems right to a person,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but its end is the way that leads to death.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The backslider<n id="1" /> will be paid back<n id="2" /> from his own ways,p> <p class="poetry">but a good person will be rewarded<n id="3" /> for his.p>

<p class="poetry">A person who has a quick temper<n id="1" /> does foolish things,p> <p class="poetry">and a person with crafty schemes<n id="2" /> is hated.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">A quick-tempered person<n id="1" /> stirs up dissension,p> <p class="poetry">but one who is slow to anger<n id="2" /> calms<n id="3" /> a quarrel.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but one who has understanding<n id="2" /> follows an upright course.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">A person has joy<n id="1" /> in giving an appropriate answer,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and a word at the right time<n id="3" /> &#8211; how good it is!p>

<p class="poetry">All a person&#8217;s ways<n id="1" /> seem right<n id="2" /> in his own opinion,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but the <sc>Lordsc> evaluates<n id="4" /> the motives.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">When a person&#8217;s<n id="1" /> ways are pleasing to the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he<n id="3" /> even reconciles his enemies to himself.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">A king&#8217;s wrath<n id="1" /> is like<n id="2" /> a messenger of death,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but a wise person appeases it.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">There is a way that seems right to a person,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but its end is the way that leads to death.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">A wicked scoundrel<n id="1" /> digs up<n id="2" /> evil,p> <p class="poetry">and his slander<n id="3" /> is like a scorching fire.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">A perverse person<n id="1" /> spreads dissension,p> <p class="poetry">and a gossip separates the closest friends.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">A violent person<n id="1" /> entices<n id="2" /> his neighbor,p> <p class="poetry">and leads him down a path that is terrible.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">It is better for a person to meet<n id="1" /> a mother bear being robbed of her cubs,p> <p class="poetry">than<n id="2" /> to encounter<n id="3" /> a fool in his folly.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The truly wise person<n id="1" /> restrains<n id="2" /> his words,p> <p class="poetry">and the one who stays calm<n id="3" /> is discerning.p>

<p class="poetry">Before destruction the heart<n id="1" /> of a person is proud,p> <p class="poetry">but humility comes<n id="2" /> before honor.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">A person&#8217;s spirit<n id="1" /> sustains him through sickness &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">but who can bear<n id="2" /> a crushed spirit?<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">From the fruit of a person&#8217;s mouth<n id="1" /> his stomach is satisfied,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">with the product of his lips is he satisfied.p>

<p class="poetry">A person who has friends<n id="1" /> may be harmed by them,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.p>