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| 1. | Wine is a scorner -- strong drink is noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise. |
| 2. | The fear of a king is 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 is 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 are 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 with 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, are lips of knowledge. |
| 16. | Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it. |
| 17. | Sweet to a man is the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled with 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 with 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 are a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit are not good. |
| 24. | From Jehovah are the steps of a man, And man -- how understandeth he his way? |
| 25. | A snare to a man is 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 is 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! |