- 1. Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
- 2. The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
- 3. It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.
- 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. Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?
- 7. A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.
- 8. A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
- 9. Who can say, "I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?"
- 10. Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination 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, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
- 14. "It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
- 15. There is gold and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
- 16. Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
- 17. Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
- 18. Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
- 19. He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don't keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
- 20. Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
- 21. An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won't be blessed in the end.
- 22. Don't say, "I will pay back evil." Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.
- 23. Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
- 24. A man's steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?
- 25. It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.
- 26. A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.
- 27. The spirit of man is Yahweh's lamp, searching all his innermost parts.
- 28. Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.
- 29. The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
- 30. Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.
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