<p class="poetry">A friend<n id="1" /> loves at all times,p> <p class="poetry">and a relative<n id="2" /> is born to help in adversity.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Many people entreat the favor<n id="1" /> of a generous person,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and everyone is the friend<n id="3" /> of the person who gives gifts.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">It is an honor for a person<n id="1" /> to cease<n id="2" /> from strife,p> <p class="poetry">but every fool quarrels.<n id="3" />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>

<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 plans of the diligent<n id="1" /> lead<n id="2" /> only to plenty,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">All day long he craves greedily,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but the righteous gives and does not hold back.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">by knowledge its rooms are filledp> <p class="poetry">with all kinds of precious and pleasing treasures.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 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">If a ruler listens to<n id="1" /> lies,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">all his ministers<n id="3" /> will be wicked.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Every word of God is purified;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he is like<n id="2" /> a shield for those who take refuge in him.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">a lion, mightiest<n id="1" /> of the beasts,p> <p class="poetry">who does not retreat from anything;p>

<p class="poetry">Open your mouth<n id="1" /> on behalf of those unable to speak,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for the legal rights of all the dying.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">She brings him<n id="1" /> good and not evil<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">all the days of her life.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Many<n id="1" /> daughters<n id="2" /> have done valiantly,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but you surpass them all!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Such<n id="1" /> are the ways<n id="2" /> of all who gain profit unjustly;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">it<n id="4" /> takes away the life<n id="5" /> of those who obtain it!<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Trust<n id="1" /> in the <sc>Lordsc> with all your heart,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and do not rely<n id="3" /> on your own understanding.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">a loving doe,<n id="1" /> a graceful deer;p> <p class="poetry">may her breasts satisfy you at all times,p> <p class="poetry">may you be captivated<n id="2" /> by her love always.p>

<p class="poetry">For the ways of a person<n id="1" /> are in front of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s eyes,p> <p class="poetry">and the <sc>Lordsc><n id="2" /> weighs<n id="3" /> all that person&#8217;s<n id="4" /> paths.p>