<p class="poetry">The teaching<n id="1" /> of the righteous is a fountain of life,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but the speech<n id="3" /> of the wicked conceals<n id="4" /> violence.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">The fruit of the righteous is like<n id="1" /> a tree producing life,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and the one who wins souls<n id="3" /> is wise.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">In the path of righteousness there is life,p> <p class="poetry">but another path leads to death.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Hope<n id="1" /> deferred<n id="2" /> makes the heart sick,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but a longing fulfilled<n id="4" /> is like<n id="5" /> a tree of life.p>

<p class="poetry">Instruction<n id="1" /> from the wise<n id="2" /> is like<n id="3" /> a life-giving fountain,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">to turn<n id="5" /> a person<n id="6" /> from deadly snares.<n id="7" />p>

<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">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">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">You are a garden spring,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a well<n id="2" /> of fresh water<n id="3" /> flowing down from Lebanon.p>

Everything on dry land that had the breath of life<n id="1" /> in its nostrils died.

<p class="bodytext">When Isaac&#8217;s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well with fresh flowing<n id="1" /> water there,

The priest will then command that one bird be slaughtered<n id="1" /> into a clay vessel over fresh water.<n id="2" />

and he is to slaughter one bird into a clay vessel over fresh water.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;For a ceremonially unclean person you must take<n id="1" /> some of the ashes of the heifer<n id="2" /> burnt for purification from sin and pour<n id="3" /> fresh running<n id="4" /> water over them in a vessel.

<p class="poetry">You lead me in<n id="1" /> the path of life;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I experience absolute joy in your presence;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">you always give me sheer delight.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">He asked you to sustain his life,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and you have granted him long life and an enduring dynasty.<n id="2" />p>