<p class="poetry">Like a city that is broken down and without a wall,p> <p class="poetry">so is a person who cannot control his temper.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Whoever corrects<n id="1" /> a mocker is asking for<n id="2" /> insult;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">whoever reproves a wicked person receives<n id="4" /> abuse.p>

<p class="poetry">Excessive<n id="1" /> speech<n id="2" /> is not becoming for a fool;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">how much less are lies<n id="4" /> for a ruler!<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">A wise warrior<n id="1" /> is strong,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and a man of knowledge makes his strength stronger;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">Righteousness exalts<n id="1" /> a nation,p> <p class="poetry">but sin is a disgrace<n id="2" /> to any people.p>

<p class="poetry">A joyful heart<n id="1" /> makes the face cheerful,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but by a painful heart the spirit is broken.p>

<p class="poetry">The sluggard<n id="1" /> says, &#8220;There is a lion in the road!p> <p class="poetry">A lion in the streets!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">A poor person<n id="1" /> who oppresses the weakp> <p class="poetry">is like<n id="2" /> a driving rain without food.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">She considers<n id="1" /> a field and buys it;p> <p class="poetry">from her own income<n id="2" /> she plants a vineyard.p>

<p class="poetry">A worthless and wicked person<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">walks around saying perverse<n id="2" /> things;<n id="3" />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>

<p class="poetry">Like a dog that returns to its vomit,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so a fool repeats his folly.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">A fool lets fly with all his temper,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but a wise person keeps it back.<n id="2" />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">A relative<n id="1" /> offended<n id="2" /> is harder to reach than<n id="3" /> a strong city,p> <p class="poetry">and disputes are like the barred gates<n id="4" /> of a fortified citadel.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">It is better to live on a corner of the housetopp> <p class="poetry">than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.<n id="1" />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">Like cold water to a weary person,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so is good news from a distant land.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">My child,<n id="2" /> if you have made a pledge<n id="3" /> for your neighbor,p> <p class="poetry">and<n id="4" /> have become a guarantor<n id="5" /> for a stranger,<n id="6" />p>