<p class="poetry">In the transgression of an evil person there is a snare,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but a righteous person can sing<n id="2" /> and rejoice.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Scornful people<n id="1" /> inflame<n id="2" /> a city,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but those who are wise turn away wrath.p>

<p class="poetry">The poor person and the oppressor<n id="1" /> have this in common:<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> gives light<n id="3" /> to the eyes of them both.p>

<p class="poetry">Do you see someone<n id="1" /> who is hasty in his words?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">There is more hope for a fool than for him.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">An angry person<n id="1" /> stirs up dissension,p> <p class="poetry">and a wrathful person<n id="2" /> is abounding in transgression.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Many people seek the face<n id="1" /> of a ruler,p> <p class="poetry">but it is from the <sc>Lordsc> that one receives justice.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous,p> <p class="poetry">and the one who lives an upright life is an abomination to the wicked.<n id="1" />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">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 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">A person will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the work of his hands<n id="2" /> will be rendered to<n id="3" /> him.p>

<p class="poetry">The words of a person&#8217;s mouth are like<n id="1" /> deep waters,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and<n id="3" /> the fountain of wisdom<n id="4" /> is like<n id="5" /> a flowing brook.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who loves<n id="1" /> pleasure<n id="2" /> will be<n id="3" /> a poor person;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">whoever loves wine and anointing oil<n id="5" /> will not be rich.p>

<p class="poetry">A wicked person<n id="1" /> shows boldness with his face,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but as for the upright,<n id="3" /> he discerns<n id="4" /> his ways.p>

<p class="poetry">Do not make friends with an angry person,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and do not associate with a wrathful person,p>

<p class="poetry">Do you see a person skilled<n id="1" /> in his work?p> <p class="poetry">He will take his position before kings;p> <p class="poetry">he will not take his position<n id="2" /> before obscure people.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not say, &#8220;I will do to him just as he has done to me;p> <p class="poetry">I will pay him back<n id="1" /> according to what he has done.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I passed by the field of a sluggard,p> <p class="poetry">by the vineyard of one who lacks wisdom.<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">These also are proverbs of Solomon,p> <p class="poetry">which the men of King Hezekiah of Judah copied:<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so is the one who testifies against<n id="2" /> his neighbor as a false witness.<n id="3" />p>