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¹ WINE is grievous, drunkenness is shameful; and whosoever drinks excessively is not wise.

² The anger of the king is as the roaring of a lion; he who provokes him to anger sins against his own life.

³ It is an honor for a man to cease from strife; but every fool will delight in it.

⁴ The lazy man is reproached and he will not cease from talking; therefore he shall beg during harvest but will not receive even water.

⁵ The counsel in a kings heart is deep; but a wise man will draw it out.

⁶ Many men are considered merciful; but a faithful man who can find?

⁷ The just man walks in his integrity; blessed are his children after him.

⁸ A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil things from before him.

⁹ Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sins?

¹⁰ Diverse weights and diverse measures, both alike, are an abomination in the presence of the LORD.

¹¹ Even a child is known by his doings, whether his works are pure and whether they are right.

¹² The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the LORD has made even both of them.

¹³ Love not sleep test you come to poverty; open your eyes and you shall be satisfied with bread.

¹⁴ A friend says to his friend, I have made a gain; then he boasts.

¹⁵ Again he says, Here is gold and a multitude of precious stones and precious vessels; but the lips of knowledge are precious jewels.

¹⁶ Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger; and take his pledge for the sake of a stranger.

¹⁷ He who becomes surety for a man by means of deceitful gain will afterwards have his mouth filled with gravel.

¹⁸ A good purpose is established by counsel; but by provocation war is made.

¹⁹ He who reveals a secret causes slander; therefore do not meddle with him who is hasty with his lips.

²⁰ He who curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be extinguished.

²¹ An inheritance hastily acquired in the beginning, shall not be blessed in the end.

²² Do not say, I will recompense evil; but wait for the LORD that he may save you.

²³ Diverse weights are an abomination in the presence of the LORD; and false scales are not good.

²⁴ A mans steps are directed by the LORD; who is the man, then, who can direct his own way?

²⁵ It is a snare for a man who vows to give something to a holy place, and regrets after he has vowed.

²⁶ A wise king scatters the wicked and crushes them under the wheel.

²⁷ The soul of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the heart.

²⁸ Mercy and truth preserve a king; and his throne is established by grace.

²⁹ The glory of young men is their strength; and the beauty of old men is their grey hair.

³⁰ Misery and torment befall the evil men; and wounds smite the inner parts of their body.