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¹ Wine is a mocker and strong drink is a brawler;
whoever goes astray by them is not wise.
² The king's terrifying anger is like the roar of a lion;
whoever provokes him sins against himself.
³ It is an honor for a person to cease from strife,
but every fool quarrels.
⁴ The sluggard will not plow during the planting season,
so at harvest time he looks for the crop but has nothing.
⁵ Counsel in a person's heart is like deep water,
but an understanding person draws it out.
⁶ Many people profess their loyalty,
but a faithful person—who can find?
⁷ The righteous person behaves in integrity;
blessed are his children after him.
⁸ A king sitting on the throne to judge
separates out all evil with his eyes.
⁹ Who can say, "I have kept my heart clean;
I am pure from my sin"?
¹⁰ Diverse weights and diverse measures—
the Lord abhors both of them.
¹¹ Even a young man is known by his actions,
whether his activity is pure and whether it is right.
¹² The ear that hears and the eye that sees—
the Lord has made them both.
¹³ Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished;
open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.
¹⁴ "It's worthless! It's worthless!" says the buyer,
but when he goes on his way, he boasts.
¹⁵ There is gold, and an abundance of rubies,
but words of knowledge are like a precious jewel.
¹⁶ Take a man's garment when he has given security for a stranger,
and when he gives surety for strangers, hold him in pledge.
¹⁷ Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person,
but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
¹⁸ Plans are established by counsel,
so make war with guidance.
¹⁹ The one who goes about gossiping reveals secrets;
therefore do not associate with someone who is always opening his mouth.
²⁰ The one who curses his father and his mother,
his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.
²¹ An inheritance gained easily in the beginning
will not be blessed in the end.
²² Do not say, "I will pay back evil!"
Wait for the Lord, so that he may vindicate you.
²³ The Lord abhors differing weights,
and dishonest scales are wicked.
²⁴ The steps of a person are ordained by the Lord—
so how can anyone understand his own way?
²⁵ It is a snare for a person to rashly cry, "Holy!"
and only afterward to consider what he has vowed.
²⁶ A wise king separates out the wicked;
he turns the threshing wheel over them.
²⁷ The human spirit is like the lamp of the Lord,
searching all his innermost parts.
²⁸ Loyal love and truth preserve a king,
and his throne is upheld by loyal love.
²⁹ The glory of young men is their strength,
and the splendor of old men is gray hair.
³⁰ Beatings and wounds cleanse away evil,
and floggings cleanse the innermost being.