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¹ The intentions of the heart belong to a man,
but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord.
² All a person's ways seem right in his own opinion,
but the Lord evaluates the motives.
³ Commit your works to the Lord,
and your plans will be established.
⁴ The Lord works everything for its own ends—
even the wicked for the day of disaster.
⁵ The Lord abhors every arrogant person;
rest assured that they will not go unpunished.
⁶ Through loyal love and truth iniquity is appeased;
through fearing the Lord one avoids evil.
⁷ When a person's ways are pleasing to the Lord,
he even reconciles his enemies to himself.
⁸ Better to have a little with righteousness
than to have abundant income without justice.
⁹ A person plans his course,
but the Lord directs his steps.
¹⁰ The divine verdict is in the words of the king,
his pronouncements must not act treacherously against justice.
¹¹ Honest scales and balances are from the Lord;
all the weights in the bag are his handiwork.
¹² Doing wickedness is an abomination to kings,
because a throne is established in righteousness.
¹³ The delight of kings is righteous counsel,
and they love the one who speaks uprightly.
¹⁴ A king's wrath is like a messenger of death,
but a wise person appeases it.
¹⁵ In the light of the king's face there is life,
and his favor is like the clouds of the spring rain.
¹⁶ How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold;
to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.
¹⁷ The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil;
the one who guards his way safeguards his life.
¹⁸ Pride goes before destruction,
and a haughty spirit before a fall.
¹⁹ It is better to be lowly in spirit with the afflicted
than to share the spoils with the proud.
²⁰ The one who deals wisely in a matter will find success,
and blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord.
²¹ The one who is wise in heart is called discerning,
and kind speech increases persuasiveness.
²² Insight is like a life-giving fountain to the one who possesses it,
but folly leads to the discipline of fools.
²³ A wise person's heart makes his speech wise
and it adds persuasiveness to his words.
²⁴ Pleasant words are like a honeycomb,
sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
²⁵ There is a way that seems right to a person,
but its end is the way that leads to death.
²⁶ A laborer's appetite works on his behalf,
for his hunger urges him to work.
²⁷ A wicked scoundrel digs up evil,
and his slander is like a scorching fire.
²⁸ A perverse person spreads dissension,
and a gossip separates the closest friends.
²⁹ A violent person entices his neighbor,
and leads him down a path that is terrible.
³⁰ The one who winks his eyes devises perverse things,
and one who compresses his lips brings about evil.
³¹ Gray hair is like a crown of glory;
it is attained in the path of righteousness.
³² Better to be slow to anger than to be a mighty warrior,
and one who controls his temper is better than one who captures a city.
³³ The dice are thrown into the lap,
but their every decision is from the Lord.