[1] Wine is a mocker, Strong drink is a brawler, And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
[2] The wrath of a king is like the roaring of a lion; Whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own life.
[3] It is honorable for a man to stop striving, Since any fool can start a quarrel.
[4] The lazy man will not plow because of winter; He will beg during 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 men will proclaim each his own goodness, But who can find a faithful man?
[7] The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him.
[8] A king who sits on the throne of judgment Scatters 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, They are both alike, an abomination to the Lord.
[11] Even a child is known by his deeds, Whether what he does is pure and right.
[12] The hearing ear and the seeing eye, The Lord has made them both.
[13] Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.
[14] “It is good for nothing,” cries the buyer; But when he has gone his way, then he boasts.
[15] There is gold and a multitude of rubies, But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
[16] Take the garment of one who is surety for a stranger, And hold it as a pledge when it is for a seductress.
[17] Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
[18] Plans are established by counsel; By wise counsel wage war.
[19] He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; Therefore do not associate with one who flatters with his lips.
[20] Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.
[21] An inheritance gained hastily at the beginning Will not be blessed at the end.
[22] Do not say, “I will recompense evil”; Wait for the Lord, and He will save you.
[23] Diverse weights are an abomination to the Lord, And dishonest scales are not good.
[24] A man’s steps are of the Lord; How then can a man understand his own way?
[25] It is a snare for a man to devote rashly something as holy, And afterward to reconsider his vows.
[26] A wise king sifts out the wicked, And brings the threshing wheel over them.
[27] The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, Searching all the inner depths of his heart.
[28] Mercy and truth preserve the king, And by lovingkindness he upholds his throne.
[29] The glory of young men is their strength, And the splendor of old men is their gray head.
[30] Blows that hurt cleanse away evil, As do stripes the inner depths of the heart.