<p class="poetry">The plans of the diligent<n id="1" /> lead<n id="2" /> only to plenty,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">What the righteous desire<n id="1" /> leads<n id="2" /> only to good,p> <p class="poetry">but what the wicked hope for<n id="3" /> leads<n id="4" /> to wrath.p>

<p class="poetry">One person is generous<n id="1" /> and yet grows more wealthy,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but another withholds more than he should<n id="3" /> and comes to poverty.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">In all hard work<n id="1" /> there is profit,p> <p class="poetry">but merely talking about it<n id="2" /> only brings<n id="3" /> poverty.<n id="4" />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>

<p class="poetry">The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gainp> <p class="poetry">and the one who gives to the rich<n id="1" /> &#8211; both end up only in poverty.p>