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Hope in Yahweh and He Will Save You

^1 (C1)Wine is a mocker, ^(C2)strong drink a brawler,
And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

² The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion;
He who provokes him to anger ^(C1)sins against his own soul.

³ It is a glory for a man to ^(C1)cease quarreling,
But any ignorant fool will break out in dispute.

⁴ The ^(C1)sluggard does not plow from winter on,
So he ^(F1)begs during the harvest and has nothing.

⁵ Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water,
But a man of discernment draws it out.

⁶ Many a man will ^(C1)call out his own lovingkindness,
But a ^(C2)faithful man, who can find?

⁷ A righteous man who ^(C1)walks in his integrity—
^(C2)How blessed are his sons after him.

^8 (C1)A king who sits on the throne of justice
^(F1)Disperses all evil with his eyes.

^9 (C1)Who can say, "I have kept my heart pure,
I am clean from my sin"?

^10 (F1)(C1)Differing weights and differing measures,
Both of them are an abomination to Yahweh.

¹¹ It is by his deeds that a young man ^(C1)makes himself known
If his conduct is pure and right.

¹² The hearing ^(C1)ear and the seeing eye,
Yahweh has made both of them.

^13 (C1)Do not love sleep, lest you become poor;
Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with ^(F1)food.

¹⁴ "Bad, bad," says the buyer,
But when he goes his way, then he boasts.

¹⁵ There is gold, and an abundance of pearls;
But the lips of knowledge are a more precious vessel.

¹⁶ Take his garment when he becomes a guarantor for a stranger;
And for foreigners, hold him in pledge.

^17 (C1)Bread obtained by lying is sweet to a man,
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

^18 (F1)(C1)Thoughts are established by counsel,
So ^(C2)make war by guidance.

¹⁹ He who ^(C1)goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets,
Therefore do not associate with ^(F1)(C2)one of loose lips.

²⁰ He who ^(C1)curses his father or his mother,
His ^(C2)lamp will go out in the ^(F1)midst of darkness.

²¹ An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginning
In the end will not be blessed.

^22 (C1)Do not say, "I will repay evil";
^(C2)Hope in Yahweh, and He will save you.

^23 (F1)(C1)Differing weights are an abomination to Yahweh,
And a ^(C2)deceitful balance is not good.

^24 (C1)The steps of a man are from Yahweh,
How then can man understand his way?

²⁵ It is a trap for a man to say rashly, "It is holy!"
And ^(C1)after the vows to make inquiry.

²⁶ A ^(C1)wise king winnows the wicked,
And turns the ^(C2)threshing wheel over them.

²⁷ The ^(F1)(C1)breath of man is the lamp of Yahweh,
Searching all the ^(F2)innermost parts of his body.

²⁸ Lovingkindness and ^(C1)truth will guard the king,
And he upholds his throne by lovingkindness.

²⁹ The honor of young men is their strength,
And the ^(F1)(C1)majesty of old men is their gray hair.

^30 (C1)Stripes that wound scour away evil,
And strokes reach the ^(F1)innermost parts of the body.