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1 - Wine <FI>is<Fi> a scorner--strong drink <FI>is<Fi> noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.

2 - The fear of a king <FI>is<Fi> a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul.

3 - An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.

4 - Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.

5 - Counsel in the heart of a man <FI>is<Fi> deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up.

6 - A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find?

7 - The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him!

8 - A king sitting on a throne of judgment, Is scattering with his eyes all evil,

9 - Who saith, `I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?'

10 - A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them <FI>are<Fi> an abomination to Jehovah.

11 - Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright.

12 - A hearing ear, and a seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.

13 - Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes--be satisfied <FI>with<Fi> bread.

14 - `Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.

15 - Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, <FI>are<Fi> lips of knowledge.

16 - Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.

17 - Sweet to a man <FI>is<Fi> the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled <FI>with<Fi> gravel.

18 - Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war.

19 - A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver <FI>with<Fi> his lips make not thyself surety.

20 - Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.

21 - An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed.

22 - Do not say, `I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee.

23 - An abomination to Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit <FI>are<Fi> not good.

24 - From Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> the steps of a man, And man--how understandeth he his way?

25 - A snare to a man <FI>is<Fi> he hath swallowed a holy thing, And after vows to make inquiry.

26 - A wise king is scattering the wicked, And turneth back on them the wheel.

27 - The breath of man <FI>is<Fi> a lamp of Jehovah, Searching all the inner parts of the heart.

28 - Kindness and truth keep a king, And he hath supported by kindness his throne.

29 - The beauty of young men is their strength, And the honour of old men is grey hairs.

30 - The bandages of a wound thou removest with the evil, Also the plagues of the inner parts of the heart!