<p class="poetry">Severe discipline<n id="1" /> is for the one who abandons the way;p> <p class="poetry">the one who hates reproof<n id="2" /> will die.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 heart of the righteous considers<n id="1" /> how<n id="2" /> to answer,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> works<n id="1" /> everything for its own ends<n id="2" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">even the wicked for the day of disaster.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Through loyal love and truth<n id="1" /> iniquity is appeased;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">through fearing the <sc>Lordsc><n id="3" /> one avoids<n id="4" /> evil.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">The dice are thrown into the lap,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but their every decision<n id="2" /> is from the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The first to state his case<n id="1" /> seems<n id="2" /> right,p> <p class="poetry">until his opponent<n id="3" /> begins to<n id="4" /> cross-examine him.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who is gracious<n id="1" /> to the poor lends<n id="2" /> to the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">and the <sc>Lordsc><n id="3" /> will repay him<n id="4" /> for his good deed.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Discipline your child, for<n id="1" /> there is hope,p> <p class="poetry">but do not set your heart<n id="2" /> on causing his death.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">If you stop listening to<n id="1" /> instruction, my child,p> <p class="poetry">you will stray<n id="2" /> from the words of knowledge.p>

<p class="poetry">The sluggard will not plow<n id="1" /> during the planting season,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">so at harvest time he looks<n id="3" /> for the crop<n id="4" /> but has nothing.p>

<p class="poetry">Do not love sleep,<n id="1" /> lest you become impoverished;p> <p class="poetry">open your eyes so that<n id="2" /> you might be satisfied with food.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who shuts his ears<n id="1" /> to the cry<n id="2" /> of the poor,p> <p class="poetry">he too will cry out and will not be answered.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The wicked person&#8217;s sacrifice<n id="1" /> is an abomination;p> <p class="poetry">how much more<n id="2" /> when he brings it with evil intent!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The rich and the poor meet together;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> is the creator of them both.<n id="2" />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">Thorns and snares<n id="1" /> are in the path of the perverse,p> <p class="poetry">but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.p>

<p class="poetry">The rich rule over<n id="1" /> the poor,p> <p class="poetry">and the borrower is servant<n id="2" /> to the lender.p>

<p class="poetry">The one who sows<n id="1" /> iniquity will reap trouble,p> <p class="poetry">and the rod of his fury<n id="2" /> will end.p>

<p class="poetry">The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gainp> <p class="poetry">and the one who gives to the rich<n id="1" /> &#8211; both end up only in poverty.p>