<p class="poetry">Even a fool who remains silent is considered<n id="1" /> wise,p> <p class="poetry">and the one who holds his tongue is deemed discerning.<n id="2" />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">The one who<n id="1" /> is slack<n id="2" /> in his workp> <p class="poetry">is a brother<n id="3" /> to one who destroys.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Diverse weights and diverse measures<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> abhors<n id="2" /> both of them.p>

<p class="poetry">The ear that hears and the eye that sees<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> has made them both.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">My child,<n id="1" /> if your heart is wise,p> <p class="poetry">then my heart also will be glad;p>

<t /><p class="poetry">These sayings also are from the wise:p> <p class="poetry">To show partiality<n id="1" /> in judgment is terrible:<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who turns away his ear<n id="1" /> from hearing the law,p> <p class="poetry">even his prayer<n id="2" /> is an abomination.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I have appointed a time to reap judgment<n id="1" /> for you also, O Judah!p><t /><p class="poetry">Whenever I want to restore the fortunes of my people,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">He also gave these instructions to the second and third servants, as well as all those who were following the herds, saying, &#8220;You must say the same thing to Esau when you meet him.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">Then Judah said to his father Israel, &#8220;Send the boy with me and we will go immediately.<n id="1" /> Then we will live<n id="2" /> and not die &#8211; we and you and our little ones.

<p class="bodytext">Then Moses said to the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="1" /> &#8220;O<n id="2" /> my Lord,<n id="3" /> I am not an eloquent man,<n id="4" /> neither in the past<n id="5" /> nor since you have spoken to your servant, for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.&#8221;<n id="6" />p>

In the past, even when Saul was king, you were Israel&#8217;s commanding general.<n id="1" /> The <sc>Lordsc> your God said to you, &#8216;You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over my people Israel.&#8217;&#8221;

<p class="poetry">You did not hear,p> <p class="poetry">you do not know,p> <p class="poetry">you were not told beforehand.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">For I know that you are very deceitful;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">you were labeled<n id="3" /> a rebel from birth.p>

<p class="poetry">As a matter of fact,<n id="1" /> even your own brothersp> <p class="poetry">and the members of your own family have betrayed you too.p> <p class="poetry">Even they have plotted to do away with you.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">So do not trust them even when they say kind things<n id="3" /> to you.p>

<p class="poetry">A man who is all alone with no companion,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he has no children nor siblings;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">yet there is no end to all his toil,p> <p class="poetry">and he<n id="3" /> is never satisfied with riches.p> <p class="poetry">He laments,<n id="4" /> &#8220;For whom am I toiling and depriving myself<n id="5" /> of pleasure?&#8221;<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">This also is futile and a burdensome task!<n id="7" />p>

<p class="bodytext">And sons were also born<n id="1" /> to Shem (the older brother of Japheth),<n id="2" /> the father of all the sons of Eber.p>

<p class="bodytext">Now Abimelech had not gone near her. He said, &#8220;Lord,<n id="1" /> would you really slaughter an innocent nation?<n id="2" />

When she had done so,<n id="1" /> she said, &#8220;I&#8217;ll draw water for your camels too, until they have drunk as much as they want.&#8221;

His servants<n id="1" /> dug another well, but they quarreled over it too, so Isaac named it<n id="2" /> Sitnah.<n id="3" />