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¹ Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whoever errs thereby is not wise.

² The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provokes him to anger sins [against] his own life.

³ It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.

⁴ The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

⁵ Counsel in the heart of man is [like] deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.

⁶ Most of man will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?

⁷ A righteous man that walks in his integrity, Blessed are his sons after him.

⁸ A king that sits on the throne of judgment Scatters away all evil with his eyes.

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

¹⁰ Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are disgusting to Yahweh.

¹¹ Even a child makes himself known by his doings, Whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.

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

¹³ Don't love sleep, or else you will come to poverty; Open your eyes, [and] you shall be satisfied with bread.

¹⁴ It is bad, it is bad, says the buyer; But when he has gone his way, then he boasts.

¹⁵ There is gold, and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

¹⁶ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for foreigners.

¹⁷ Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterward his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

¹⁸ Every purpose is established by counsel; And by wise guidance make war.

¹⁹ He that goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; Therefore don't company with him that opens his lips wide.

²⁰ Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in the middle of the night.

²¹ An inheritance [may be] obtained hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.

²² Don't say, I will recompense evil: Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

²³ Diverse weights are disgusting to Yahweh; And a false balance is not good.

²⁴ A man's goings are of Yahweh; How then can [noble] man understand his way?

²⁵ It is a snare to man to rashly say, [It is] holy, And after vows to make inquiry.

²⁶ A wise king winnows the wicked, And brings the [threshing]-wheel over them.

²⁷ The spirit of man is the lamp of Yahweh, Searching all his innermost parts.

²⁸ Kindness and truth preserve the king; And his throne is upheld by kindness.

²⁹ The glory of young men is their strength; And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.

³⁰ Stripes that wound cleanse away evil; And strokes [reach] the innermost parts.