For ¹  wrath kills the foolish person, ²  and anger ³  slays the silly one.

A king brings stability ¹  to a land ²  by justice, but one who exacts tribute ³  tears it down.

I will destroy you, ¹  O Israel! Who ²  is there to help you?

He flashes ¹  destruction down upon the strong so that destruction overwhelms ²  the fortified places.)

The Lord will terrify them, ¹  for ²  he will weaken ³  all the gods of the earth. All the distant nations will worship the Lord in their own lands. ⁴ 

If ¹  he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; if he imprisons a person, there is no escape. ² 

“Surely one does not stretch out his hand against a broken man ¹  when he cries for help in his distress. ² 

For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, ¹  and it would uproot ²  all my harvest.

You destroy ¹  liars; ²  the Lord despises ³  violent and deceitful people. ⁴ 

His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; ¹  his tongue injures and destroys. ² 

the plague that comes in the darkness, or the disease that comes at noon. ¹ 

The way of the Lord ¹  is like ²  a stronghold for the upright, ³  but it is destruction ⁴  to evildoers. ⁵ 

The fruit of the righteous is like ¹  a tree producing life, ²  and the one who wins souls ³  is wise. ⁴ 

The Lord tears down the house of the proud, ¹  but he maintains the boundaries of the widow. ² 

The one who is greedy for gain ¹  troubles ²  his household, ³  but whoever hates bribes ⁴  will live.

Discipline your child, for ¹  there is hope, but do not set your heart ²  on causing his death. ³ 

The violence ¹  done by the wicked ²  will drag them away because ³  they refuse to do what is right. ⁴ 

A poor person ¹  who oppresses the weak is like ²  a driving rain without food. ³ 

You conceive straw, ¹  you give birth to chaff; your breath is a fire that destroys you. ² 

Increase ¹  your merchants more than the stars of heaven! They are like ²  the young locust which sheds ³  its skin and flies away.