¹yWine is a mocker, zstrong drink a brawler,

and whoever ais led astray by it is not wise.1

²The terror of a king is like bthe growling of a lion;

whoever provokes him to anger cforfeits his life.

³It is an honor for a man to dkeep aloof from strife,

but every fool will be quarreling.

⁴eThe sluggard does not plow in the autumn;

fhe will seek at harvest and have nothing.

⁵The purpose in a man's heart is like gdeep water,

but a man of understanding will draw it out.

⁶Many a man hproclaims his own steadfast love,

but ia faithful man who can find?

⁷The righteous who jwalks in his integrity—

kblessed are his children after him!

⁸lA king who sits on the throne of judgment

mwinnows all evil with his eyes.

⁹nWho can say, “I have made my heart pure;

I am clean from my sin”?

¹⁰oUnequal2 weights and unequal measures

are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

¹¹Even a child pmakes himself known by his acts,

by whether his conduct is pure and upright.3

¹²qThe hearing ear and the seeing eye,

rthe Lord has made them both.

¹³sLove not sleep, lest you tcome to poverty;

open your eyes, and you will have uplenty of bread.

¹⁴“Bad, bad,” says the buyer,

but when he goes away, then he boasts.

¹⁵There is gold and abundance of vcostly stones,

wbut the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

¹⁶xTake a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger,

and yhold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.4

¹⁷zBread gained by deceit is sweet to a man,

but afterward his mouth will be full of agravel.

¹⁸bPlans are established by counsel;

by cwise guidance dwage war.

¹⁹Whoever egoes about slandering reveals secrets;

therefore do not associate with fa simple babbler.5

²⁰gIf one curses his father or his mother,

hhis lamp will be put out in utter darkness.

²¹iAn inheritance gained hastily in the beginning

will not be blessed in the end.

²²Do not say, j“I will repay evil”;

kwait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.

²³lUnequal weights are an abomination to the Lord,

and mfalse scales are not good.

²⁴A man's nsteps are from the Lord;

how then can man understand his way?

²⁵It is a snare to say rashly, “It is holy,”

and to reflect only oafter making vows.

²⁶A wise king pwinnows the wicked

and drives qthe wheel over them.

²⁷rThe spirit6 of man is the lamp of the Lord,

ssearching all this innermost parts.

²⁸uSteadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king,

and by steadfast love his vthrone is upheld.

²⁹The glory of young men is their strength,

but wthe splendor of old men is their gray hair.

³⁰xBlows that wound cleanse away evil;

strokes make clean tthe innermost parts.