<p class="poetry">I myself<n id="1" /> have seen the fool<n id="2" /> taking root,p> <p class="poetry">but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Those who are wise<n id="1" /> store up<n id="2" /> knowledge,p> <p class="poetry">but foolish speech<n id="3" /> leads to imminent<n id="4" /> destruction.p>

<p class="poetry">The one who troubles<n id="1" /> his family<n id="2" /> will inherit nothing,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and the fool<n id="4" /> will be a servant to the wise person.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">The way of a fool<n id="1" /> is right<n id="2" /> in his own opinion,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but the one who listens to advice is wise.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">A fool&#8217;s annoyance<n id="1" /> is known at once,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but the prudent<n id="3" /> overlooks<n id="4" /> an insult.p>

<p class="poetry">In<n id="1" /> the speech<n id="2" /> of a fool is a rod for his back,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but the words<n id="4" /> of the wise protect them.p>

<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">Even a fool who remains silent is considered<n id="1" /> wise,p> <p class="poetry">and the one who holds his tongue is deemed discerning.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">It is an honor for a person<n id="1" /> to cease<n id="2" /> from strife,p> <p class="poetry">but every fool quarrels.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">A stone is heavy and sand is weighty,p> <p class="poetry">but vexation<n id="1" /> by a fool is more burdensome<n id="2" /> than the two of them.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">If a wise person<n id="1" /> goes to court<n id="2" /> with a foolish person,p> <p class="poetry">there is no peace<n id="3" /> whether he is angry or laughs.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> answered,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;This will happen<n id="2" /> because my people are foolish.p> <p class="poetry">They do not know me.p> <p class="poetry">They are like children who have no sense.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They have no understanding.p> <p class="poetry">They are skilled at doing evil.p> <p class="poetry">They do not know how to do good.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">The time of judgment<n id="1" /> is about to arrive!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">The time of retribution<n id="3" /> is imminent!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Let Israel know!<n id="5" />p><t /><p class="poetry">The prophet is considered a fool<n id="6" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">the inspired man<n id="7" /> is viewed as a madman<n id="8" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">because of the multitude of your sinsp> <p class="poetry">and your intense<n id="9" /> animosity.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, on the twenty-seventh<n id="1" /> day of the twelfth month,<n id="2" /> King Evil-Merodach of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, pardoned<n id="3" /> King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him<n id="4" /> from prison.

<t /><p class="bodytext">In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, on the twenty-fifth<n id="1" /> day of the twelfth month,<n id="2" /> Evil-Merodach, in the first year of his reign, pardoned<n id="3" /> King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison.