<p class="poetry">for riches do not last<n id="1" /> forever,p> <p class="poetry">nor does a crown last<n id="2" /> from generation to generation.p>

<p class="poetry">A servant<n id="1" /> cannot be corrected<n id="2" /> by words,p> <p class="poetry">for although<n id="3" /> he understands, there is no answer.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Surely<n id="1" /> I am more brutish<n id="2" /> than any other human being,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and I do not have human understanding;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">She knows<n id="1" /> that her merchandise is good,p> <p class="poetry">and her lamp<n id="2" /> does not go out in the night.p>

<p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> disciplines<n id="1" /> those he loves,p> <p class="poetry">just as a father<n id="2" /> disciplines<n id="3" /> the son in whom he delights.p>

<p class="poetry">For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they are robbed of sleep<n id="2" /> until they make someone stumble.<n id="3" />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>

<p class="poetry">For the commandments<n id="1" /> are like<n id="2" /> a lamp,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">instruction is like a light,p> <p class="poetry">and rebukes of discipline are like<n id="4" /> the road leading to life,<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">for on account<n id="1" /> of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread,p> <p class="poetry">but the wife of another man<n id="2" /> preys on your precious life.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">He will not consider<n id="1" /> any compensation;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he will not be willing, even if you multiply the compensation.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For wisdom is better than rubies,p> <p class="poetry">and desirable things cannot be compared<n id="1" /> to her.p>

<p class="poetry">Death and Destruction<n id="1" /> are before the <sc>Lordsc> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">how much more<n id="2" /> the hearts of humans!<n id="3" />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">Luxury is not appropriate<n id="1" /> for a fool;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">how much less for a servant to rule over princes!<n id="3" />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">A person with great anger bears the penalty,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but if you deliver him from it once, you will have to do it again.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Train<n id="1" /> a child<n id="2" /> in the way that he should go,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and when he is old he will not turn from it.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not exploit<n id="1" /> a poor person because he is poorp> <p class="poetry">and do not crush the needy in court,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">When you sit down to eat with a ruler,p> <p class="poetry">consider carefully<n id="1" /> what<n id="2" /> is before you,p>

<p class="poetry">Do not withhold discipline from a child;p> <p class="poetry">even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.p> <p class="poetry">