<p class="poetry">A fool rejects his father&#8217;s discipline,p> <p class="poetry">but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who plans to do evilp> <p class="poetry">will be called a scheming person.<n id="1" />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">If<n id="1" /> someone pampers his servant from youth,p> <p class="poetry">he will be a weakling<n id="2" /> in the end.p>

<p class="poetry">As in water the face is reflected as a face,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so a person&#8217;s heart<n id="2" /> reflects the person.p>

<p class="poetry">Suddenly he went<n id="1" /> after herp> <p class="poetry">like an ox that goes to the slaughter,p> <p class="poetry">like a stag prancing into a trapper&#8217;s snare<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">A king&#8217;s wrath is like<n id="1" /> the roar of a lion,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but his favor is like dew on the grass.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who tells the truth<n id="1" /> will endure forever,p> <p class="poetry">but the one who lies<n id="2" /> will last only for a moment.<n id="3" />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">The faithful witness<n id="1" /> tells what is right,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but a false witness<n id="3" /> speaks<n id="4" /> deceit.p>

<p class="poetry">A false witness will not go unpunished,p> <p class="poetry">and the one who spouts out<n id="1" /> lies will perish.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For surely there is a future,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and your hope will not be cut off.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">To show partiality<n id="1" /> is terrible,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for a person will transgress over the smallest piece of bread.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Better is a person of humble standing<n id="1" /> who nevertheless has a servant,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">than one who pretends to be somebody important<n id="3" /> yet has no food.p>

<p class="poetry">under an unloved<n id="1" /> woman who is married,p> <p class="poetry">and under a female servant who dispossesses<n id="2" /> her mistress.p>

<p class="poetry">a loving doe,<n id="1" /> a graceful deer;p> <p class="poetry">may her breasts satisfy you at all times,p> <p class="poetry">may you be captivated<n id="2" /> by her love always.p>

<p class="poetry">The eye<n id="1" /> that mocks at a fatherp> <p class="poetry">and despises obeying<n id="2" /> a mother &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">the ravens of the valley will peck it outp> <p class="poetry">and the young vultures will eat it.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">but in the end<n id="1" /> she is bitter<n id="2" /> as wormwood,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">sharp as a two-edged<n id="4" /> sword.p>

<p class="poetry">For my husband<n id="1" /> is not at home;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he has gone on a journey of some distance.p>

<p class="poetry">An evil person seeks only rebellion,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and so<n id="2" /> a cruel messenger<n id="3" /> will be sent against him.p>