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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.