<p class="poetry">If a man denounces his friends for personal gain,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the eyes of his children will fail.p>

<n id="1" /><p class="poetry">His thunder announces the coming storm,p> <p class="poetry">the cattle also, concerning the storm&#8217;s approach.p>

<p class="poetry">O Lord, give me the words!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Then my mouth will praise you.<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>

David said to Jonathan, &#8220;Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?&#8221;

<p class="poetry">No one denounces his conduct to his face;p> <p class="poetry">no one repays him for what<n id="1" /> he has done.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Whoever shares with a thief<n id="1" /> is his own enemy;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he hears the oath to testify,<n id="3" /> but does not talk.p>

<p class="poetry">Surely no one knows the future,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and no one can tell another person what will happen.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For this is what the sovereign master<n id="1" /> has told me:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Go, post a guard!p> <p class="poetry">He must report what he sees.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;When a person sins<n id="1" /> in that he hears a public curse against one who fails to testify<n id="2" /> and he is a witness (he either saw or knew what had happened<n id="3" />) and he does not make it known,<n id="4" /> then he will bear his punishment for iniquity.<n id="5" />

When he gets ready to go to sleep,<n id="1" /> take careful notice of the place where he lies down. Then go, uncover his legs,<n id="2" /> and lie down<n id="3" /> beside him.<n id="4" /> He will tell<n id="5" /> you what you should do.&#8221;

Take<n id="1" /> ten loaves of bread, some small cakes, and a container of honey and visit him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">yet a fool keeps on babbling.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">No one knows what will happen;p> <p class="poetry">who can tell him what will happen in the future?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">All nations gather together,p> <p class="poetry">the peoples assemble.p> <p class="poetry">Who among them announced this?p> <p class="poetry">Who predicted earlier events for us?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Let them produce their witnesses to testify they were right;p> <p class="poetry">let them listen and affirm, &#8216;It is true.&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">They consult their wooden idols,p> <p class="poetry">and their diviner&#8217;s staff answers with an oracle.p> <p class="poetry">The wind of prostitution blows them astray;p> <p class="poetry">they commit spiritual adultery<n id="1" /> against their God.p>

But the servant said to him, &#8220;Look, there is a man of God in this town. He is highly respected. Everything that he says really happens.<n id="1" /> Now let&#8217;s go there. Perhaps he will tell us where we should go from here.&#8221;<n id="2" />

Then David said to Abiathar, &#8220;I knew that day when Doeg the Edomite was there that he would certainly tell Saul! I am guilty<n id="1" /> of all the deaths in your father&#8217;s house!

One of his advisers said, &#8220;No, my master, O king. The prophet Elisha who lives in Israel keeps telling the king of Israel the things you say in your bedroom.&#8221;

<p class="poetry">For no one knows what is best for a person during his life<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">during the few days of his fleeting life &#8211; p> <p class="poetry">for<n id="2" /> they pass away<n id="3" /> like a shadow.p> <p class="poetry">Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not curse a king even in your thoughts,p> <p class="poetry">and do not curse the rich<n id="1" /> while in your bedroom;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for a bird<n id="3" /> might report what you are thinking,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">or some winged creature<n id="5" /> might repeat your<n id="6" /> words.<n id="7" />p>