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| 1. | Wine is a scorner, strong drink is raging; and whoso erreth thereby is not wise. |
| 2. | The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. |
| 3. | It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it. |
| 4. | The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. |
| 5. | Counsel in the heart of man is deep water, and a man of understanding draweth it out. |
| 6. | Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; but a faithful man who shall find? |
| 7. | The righteous walketh in his integrity: blessed are his children after him! |
| 8. | A king sitting on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. |
| 9. | Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? |
| 10. | Divers weights, divers measures, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah. |
| 11. | Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. |
| 12. | The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them. |
| 13. | Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. |
| 14. | Bad! bad! saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. |
| 15. | There is gold, and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a precious Jewel. |
| 16. | Take his garment that is become surety for another, and hold him in pledge for strangers. |
| 17. | Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. |
| 18. | Plans are established by counsel; and with good advice make war. |
| 19. | He that goeth about talebearing revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth his lips. |
| 20. | Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness. |
| 21. | An inheritance obtained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed in the end. |
| 22. | Say not, I will recompense evil: wait on Jehovah, and he shall save thee. |
| 23. | Divers weights are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good. |
| 24. | The steps of a man are from Jehovah; and how can a man understand his own way? |
| 25. | It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is hallowed, and after vows to make inquiry. |
| 26. | A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. |
| 27. | Man`s spirit is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the inner parts of the belly. |
| 28. | Mercy and truth preserve the king; and he upholdeth his throne by mercy. |
| 29. | The glory of young men is their strength; and the beauty of old men is the grey head. |
| 30. | Wounding stripes purge away evil, and strokes purge the inner parts of the belly. |