<p class="poetry">Do not let your heart envy<n id="1" /> sinners,p> <p class="poetry">but rather be zealous in fearing the <sc>Lordsc><n id="2" /> all the time.p>

<p class="poetry">Listen to your father who begot you,p> <p class="poetry">and do not despise your mother when she is old.p>

<p class="poetry">Eat honey,<n id="1" /> my child, for it is good,p> <p class="poetry">and honey from the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.p>

<p class="poetry">for it is better for him<n id="1" /> to say to you, &#8220;Come up here,&#8221;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">than to put you lower<n id="3" /> before a prince,p> <p class="poetry">whom your eyes have seen.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">for you will heap coals of fire on his head,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the <sc>Lordsc> will reward you.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not boast<n id="1" /> about tomorrow;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for you do not know<n id="3" /> what a day may bring forth.p>

<p class="poetry">The stingy person<n id="1" /> hastens after richesp> <p class="poetry">and does not know that poverty will overtake him.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">She is not<n id="1" /> afraid of the snow<n id="2" /> for her household,p> <p class="poetry">for all of her household are clothed with scarlet.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">because you have fallen into your neighbor&#8217;s power:<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">go, humble yourself,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and appeal firmly<n id="4" /> to your neighbor.p>

<p class="poetry">till an arrow pierces his liver<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">like a bird hurrying into a trap,p> <p class="poetry">and he does not know that it will cost him his life.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">All the relatives<n id="1" /> of a poor person hate him;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">how much more do his friends avoid him &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">he pursues them<n id="3" /> with words, but they do not respond.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">When you gaze upon riches,<n id="1" /> they are gone,p> <p class="poetry">for they surely make wings for themselves,p> <p class="poetry">and fly off into the sky like an eagle!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">for he is<n id="1" /> like someone calculating the cost<n id="2" /> in his mind.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Eat and drink,&#8221; he says to you,p> <p class="poetry">but his heart is not with you;p>

<p class="poetry">If you say, &#8220;But we did not know about this,&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">does not the one who evaluates<n id="1" /> hearts consider?p> <p class="poetry">Does not the one who guards your life know?p> <p class="poetry">Will he not repay each person according to his deeds?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For as the churning<n id="1" /> of milk produces butterp> <p class="poetry">and as punching the nose produces blood,p> <p class="poetry">so stirring up anger<n id="2" /> produces strife.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Who has ascended into heaven, and then descended?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Who has gathered up the winds in his fists?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Who has bound up the waters in his cloak?<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Who has established all the ends of the earth?<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">What is his name, and what is his son&#8217;s name?<n id="5" /> &#8211; if you know!p>