<p class="poetry">Counsel and sound wisdom belong to me;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I possess understanding and might.p>

<p class="poetry">The one who winks his eyes<n id="1" /> devises perverse things,p> <p class="poetry">and<n id="2" /> one who compresses his lips<n id="3" /> brings about<n id="4" /> evil.p>

<p class="poetry">Listen to advice<n id="1" /> and receive discipline,p> <p class="poetry">that<n id="2" /> you may become wise<n id="3" /> by the end of your life.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Counsel<n id="1" /> in a person&#8217;s heart<n id="2" /> is like<n id="3" /> deep water,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">but an understanding person<n id="5" /> draws it out.p>

<p class="poetry">There is no wisdom and there is no understanding,p> <p class="poetry">and there is no counsel against<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="2" />p>