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¹ The king's heart in Adonai's hand is like streams of water —
    he directs it wherever he pleases.

² All a person's ways are right in his own view,
    but Adonai weighs the heart.

³ To do what is right and just
    is more pleasing to Adonai than sacrifice.

⁴ Haughty looks, a proud heart —
    what the wicked plow is sin.

⁵ The plans of the diligent lead only to abundance;
    but all who rush in arrive only at want.

⁶ A fortune gained by a lying tongue
    is vapor dispersed [by] seekers of death.

⁷ The violence of the wicked will sweep them away,
    because they refuse to act justly.

⁸ A criminal's conduct is crooked,
    but the work of the pure is right.

⁹ It is better to live on a corner of the roof
    than to share the house with a nagging wife.

¹⁰ The wicked is set on evil;
    he doesn't pity even his neighbor.

¹¹ When a scorner is punished, the simple become wiser;
    and when the wise is instructed, he takes hold of knowledge.

¹² The Righteous One observes the house of the wicked;
    he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.
¹³ Whoever stops up his ears at the cry of the poor
    will himself cry, but not be answered.

¹⁴ A secret gift allays anger,
    and a bribe under the cloak the strongest fury.

¹⁵ Acting justly is a joy for the righteous
    but it terrifies evildoers.

¹⁶ The person who strays from the way of common sense
    will come to rest in the company of the dead.

¹⁷ Pleasure-lovers will suffer want;
    he who loves wine and oil won't get rich.

¹⁸ The wicked serve as a ransom for the righteous,
    and likewise the perfidious for the upright.

¹⁹ It is better to live in the desert
    than with a nagging, irritable wife.

²⁰ In the home of the wise are fine treasures and oil,
    but a fool quickly devours it.

²¹ He who pursues righteousness and kindness
    finds life, prosperity and honor.

²² A wise man can go up into a city of warriors
    and undermine the strength in which it trusts.

²³ Whoever guards his mouth and tongue
    keeps himself out of trouble.

²⁴ "Scoffer" is what you call a proud, insolent person
    who acts with overweening conceit.

²⁵ A lazy man's craving will kill him,
    because his hands refuse to work —
²⁶ he covets greedily all day long;
    but a righteous person gives without holding back.

²⁷ The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination;
    how much more when he brings it with vile motives.

²⁸ A lying witness is doomed,
    but one who heard [what was said] will testify successfully.
²⁹ A wicked man puts on a bold face,
    whereas the upright prepares his ways.

³⁰ No wisdom, discernment or counsel
    succeeds against Adonai.

³¹ A horse may be prepared for the day of battle,
    but victory comes from Adonai.