<p class="poetry">The righteous do not encounter<n id="1" /> any harm,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but the wicked are filled with calamity.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The righteous person hates anything false,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but the wicked person acts in shameful disgrace.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">An unreliable<n id="1" /> messenger falls<n id="2" /> into trouble,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but a faithful envoy<n id="4" /> brings<n id="5" /> healing.p>

<p class="poetry">The righteous has enough food to satisfy his appetite,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but the belly of the wicked lacks food.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Those who are evil will bow<n id="1" /> before those who are good,p> <p class="poetry">and the wicked will bow<n id="2" /> at the gates<n id="3" /> of the righteous.p>

<p class="poetry">In the house<n id="1" /> of the righteous is abundant wealth,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but the income of the wicked brings trouble.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> abhors<n id="1" /> the sacrifices<n id="2" /> of the wicked,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but the prayer<n id="4" /> of the upright pleases him.<n id="5" />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 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">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">A wicked person receives a bribe secretly<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">to pervert<n id="2" /> the ways of justice.p>

<p class="poetry">When a wicked person<n id="1" /> arrives, contempt<n id="2" /> shows up with him,p> <p class="poetry">and with shame comes<n id="3" /> a reproach.p>

<p class="poetry">It is terrible<n id="1" /> to show partiality<n id="2" /> to the wicked,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">by depriving<n id="4" /> a righteous man of justice.p>

<p class="poetry">A crooked witness<n id="1" /> scorns justice,p> <p class="poetry">and the mouth of the wicked devours<n id="2" /> iniquity.p>

<p class="poetry">A wise king separates out<n id="1" /> the wicked;p> <p class="poetry">he turns the threshing wheel over them.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Haughty eyes and a proud heart &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">the agricultural product<n id="1" /> of the wicked is sin.p>

<p class="poetry">The violence<n id="1" /> done by the wicked<n id="2" /> will drag them awayp> <p class="poetry">because<n id="3" /> they refuse to do what is right.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The appetite<n id="1" /> of the wicked desires<n id="2" /> evil;p> <p class="poetry">his neighbor is shown no favor<n id="3" /> in his eyes.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>