<p class="poetry">When you walk, your steps<n id="1" /> will not be hampered,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and when you run,<n id="3" /> you will not stumble.p>

<p class="poetry">When the storm<n id="1" /> passes through, the wicked are swept away,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but the righteous are an everlasting foundation.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Like vinegar to the teeth and like smoke to the eyes,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so is the sluggard to those<n id="2" /> who send him.p>

<p class="poetry">The speech<n id="1" /> of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but the one who speaks perversion<n id="3" /> will be destroyed.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> abhors<n id="1" /> those who are perverse in heart,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but those who are blameless in their ways<n id="3" /> are his delight.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The words of the wicked lie in wait<n id="1" /> to shed innocent blood,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but the words<n id="3" /> of the upright will deliver them.p>

<p class="poetry">The evil person is ensnared<n id="1" /> by the transgression of his speech,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but the righteous person escapes out of trouble.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The light<n id="1" /> of the righteous shines brightly,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but the lamp<n id="3" /> of the wicked goes out.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">There is abundant food in the field<n id="1" /> of the poor,p> <p class="poetry">but it is swept away by injustice.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who despises his neighbor sins,p> <p class="poetry">but whoever is kind to the needy is blessed.p>

<p class="poetry">The crown of the wise is their riches,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but the folly<n id="2" /> of fools is folly.p>

<p class="poetry">The tongue of the wise<n id="1" /> treats knowledge correctly,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but the mouth of the fool spouts out<n id="3" /> folly.p>

<p class="poetry">The discerning heart seeks knowledge,p> <p class="poetry">but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who is greedy for gain<n id="1" /> troubles<n id="2" /> his household,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but whoever hates bribes<n id="4" /> will live.p>

<p class="poetry">The one who winks his eyes<n id="1" /> devises perverse things,p> <p class="poetry">and<n id="2" /> one who compresses his lips<n id="3" /> brings about<n id="4" /> evil.p>

<p class="poetry">The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">both of them are an abomination to the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Diverse weights and diverse measures<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> abhors<n id="2" /> both of them.p>

<p class="poetry">The one who curses<n id="1" /> his father and his mother,p> <p class="poetry">his lamp<n id="2" /> will be extinguished in the blackest<n id="3" /> darkness.p>

<p class="poetry">The human spirit<n id="1" /> is like<n id="2" /> the lamp<n id="3" /> of the <sc>Lord,sc>p> <p class="poetry">searching all his innermost parts.<n id="4" />p>