<p class="poetry">The backslider<n id="1" /> will be paid back<n id="2" /> from his own ways,p> <p class="poetry">but a good person will be rewarded<n id="3" /> for his.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> abhors<n id="1" /> the way of the wicked,p> <p class="poetry">but he loves those<n id="2" /> who pursue<n id="3" /> righteousness.p>

<p class="poetry">The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but the path of the upright is like<n id="2" /> a highway.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">All a person&#8217;s ways<n id="1" /> seem right<n id="2" /> in his own opinion,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but the <sc>Lordsc> evaluates<n id="4" /> the motives.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">When a person&#8217;s<n id="1" /> ways are pleasing to the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he<n id="3" /> even reconciles his enemies to himself.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">A person<n id="1" /> plans his course,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but the <sc>Lordsc> directs<n id="3" /> his steps.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The highway<n id="1" /> of the upright is to turn<n id="2" /> away from evil;p> <p class="poetry">the one who guards<n id="3" /> his way safeguards his life.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">A violent person<n id="1" /> entices<n id="2" /> his neighbor,p> <p class="poetry">and leads him down a path that is terrible.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">A person&#8217;s folly<n id="1" /> subverts<n id="2" /> his way,p> <p class="poetry">and<n id="3" /> his heart rages<n id="4" /> against the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">The one who obeys commandments guards<n id="1" /> his life;p> <p class="poetry">the one who despises his ways<n id="2" /> will die.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The steps of a person<n id="1" /> are ordained by<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">so how can anyone<n id="3" /> understand his own<n id="4" /> way?p>

<p class="poetry">All of a person&#8217;s ways seem right in his own opinion,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but the <sc>Lordsc> evaluates<n id="2" /> the motives.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The way of the guilty person<n id="1" /> is devious,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but as for the pure,<n id="3" /> his way is upright.p>

<p class="poetry">The one who wanders<n id="1" /> from the way of wisdom<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">will end up<n id="3" /> in the company of the departed.<n id="4" />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">Listen, my child,<n id="1" /> and be wise,p> <p class="poetry">and guide your heart on the right way.p>

<p class="poetry">Give me your heart, my son,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and let your eyes observe my ways;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 walks in his integrity is betterp> <p class="poetry">than one who is perverse in his ways<n id="2" /> even though<n id="3" /> he is rich.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who walks blamelessly will be delivered,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but whoever is perverse in his ways will fall<n id="2" /> at once.<n id="3" />p>