<p class="poetry">The first to state his case<n id="1" /> seems<n id="2" /> right,p> <p class="poetry">until his opponent<n id="3" /> begins to<n id="4" /> cross-examine him.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">When pride<n id="1" /> comes,<n id="2" /> then comes disgrace,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but with humility<n id="4" /> comes<n id="5" /> wisdom.p>

<p class="poetry">When a wicked person<n id="1" /> arrives, contempt<n id="2" /> shows up with him,p> <p class="poetry">and with shame comes<n id="3" /> a reproach.p>

<p class="poetry">when what you dread<n id="1" /> comes like a whirlwind,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and disaster strikes you<n id="3" /> like a devastating storm,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">when distressing trouble<n id="5" /> comes on you.p>

<p class="poetry">and your poverty will come like a robber,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and your need like an armed man.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The righteous person is delivered<n id="1" /> out of trouble,p> <p class="poetry">and the wicked turns up in his stead.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Apply<n id="1" /> your heart to instructionp> <p class="poetry">and your ears to the words of knowledge.p>

<p class="poetry">Those who linger over wine,p> <p class="poetry">those who go looking for mixed wine.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">But there will be delight<n id="1" /> for those who convict<n id="2" /> the guilty,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and a pleasing blessing<n id="4" /> will come on them.p>

<p class="poetry">and your poverty will come like a bandit,p> <p class="poetry">and your need like an armed robber.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">She is like<n id="1" /> the merchant ships;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">she brings her food from afar.p>

<p class="poetry">so<n id="1" /> I myself will laugh<n id="2" /> when disaster strikes you,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I will mock when what you dread<n id="4" /> comes,p>

<p class="poetry">For wisdom will enter your heart,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and moral knowledge<n id="2" /> will be attractive<n id="3" /> to you.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">None who go in to her will return,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">nor will they reach the paths of life.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You will not be afraid<n id="1" /> of sudden<n id="2" /> disaster,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">or when destruction overtakes<n id="4" /> the wicked;<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not enter the path of the wickedp> <p class="poetry">or walk<n id="1" /> in the way of those who are evil.p>

<p class="poetry">He has taken a bag of money with him;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he will not return until<n id="2" /> the end of the month.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">What the wicked fears<n id="1" /> will come on him;p> <p class="poetry">what the righteous desire<n id="2" /> will be granted.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who diligently seeks<n id="1" /> good seeks favor,p> <p class="poetry">but the one who searches<n id="2" /> for evil &#8211; it will come to him.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Hope<n id="1" /> deferred<n id="2" /> makes the heart sick,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but a longing fulfilled<n id="4" /> is like<n id="5" /> a tree of life.p>