<p class="poetry">The one who is slow to anger has great understanding,p> <p class="poetry">but the one who has a quick temper<n id="1" /> exalts<n id="2" /> folly.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">Better<n id="1" /> is little with the fear of the <sc>Lordsc>p> <p class="poetry">than great wealth and turmoil<n id="2" /> with it.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">A good name<n id="1" /> is to be chosen<n id="2" /> rather than great wealth,p> <p class="poetry">good favor<n id="3" /> more than silver or gold.p>

<p class="poetry">Like an archer who wounds at random,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so is the one who hires<n id="2" /> a fool or hires any passer-by.p>

<p class="poetry">A faithful person<n id="1" /> will have an abundance of blessings,p> <p class="poetry">but the one who hastens<n id="2" /> to gain riches will not go unpunished.p>

<p class="poetry">The one who gives to the poor will not lack,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but whoever shuts his eyes to them<n id="2" /> will receive<n id="3" /> many curses.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">An angry person<n id="1" /> stirs up dissension,p> <p class="poetry">and a wrathful person<n id="2" /> is abounding in transgression.<n id="3" />p>

But he<n id="1" /> left behind some of the poor<n id="2" /> and gave them fields and vineyards.p>

Then a powerful king<n id="1" /> will arise, exercising great authority and doing as he pleases.

We have plenty of straw and feed,&#8221; she added,<n id="1" /> &#8220;and room for you<n id="2" /> to spend the night.&#8221;p>

But Esau said, &#8220;I have plenty, my brother. Keep what belongs to you.&#8221;

Then Israel said, &#8220;Enough! My son Joseph is still alive! I will go and see him before I die.&#8221;p>

He said<n id="1" /> to his people, &#8220;Look at<n id="2" /> the Israelite people, more numerous and stronger than we are!

A mixed multitude<n id="1" /> also went up with them, and flocks and herds &#8211; a very large number of cattle.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> our God spoke to us at Horeb and said, &#8220;You have stayed<n id="1" /> in the area of this mountain long enough.

&#8220;You have circled around this mountain long enough; now turn north.

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;You will take much seed to the field but gather little harvest, because locusts will consume it.

<p class="bodytext">Then David crossed to the other side and stood on the top of the hill some distance away; there was a considerable distance between them.

The whole Babylonian army that came with the captain of the royal guard tore down the walls that surrounded Jerusalem.