1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whoever goes astray by it is not wise. 2The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion; whoever stirs him up to anger sins against his own soul. 3It is an honor for a man to cease from strife, but every fool exposes himself. 4The sluggard will not plow; after the autumn he shall beg during harvest and have nothing. 5Advice in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out. 6Most men will proclaim each one his own goodness, but who can find a faithful man? 7The just walks in his integrity; his children are blessed after him. 8A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes. 9Who can say, I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin? 10Different sets of weight stones, different sets of measures, both are an abomination to Jehovah. 11Even a child is known by his deeds, whether his work is pure and right. 12The hearing ear and the seeing eye, Jehovah has made them both. 13Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes and you shall be satisfied with bread. 14No good! It is no good! says the buyer; but when he has gone his way, then he boasts. 15There is gold and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a prized vessel. 16Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger; and take a pledge from him for foreigners. 17Bread of deceit is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. 18Plans are established by counsel; and wage war with good advice. 19A gossip is a revealer of secrets; therefore do not fellowship with him who flatters with his lips. 20Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in deep darkness. 21An inheritance obtained by greed in the beginning will not be blessed in the end. 22Do not say, I will recompense evil; wait on Jehovah, and He will save you. 23Different sets of weight stones are an abomination to Jehovah, and dishonest scales are not good. 24Man’s steps are of Jehovah; how then can a man understand his own way? 25It is a snare for a man to rashly devote something as holy, and afterward to reconsider his vows. 26A wise king winnows the wicked and brings the threshing wheel over them. 27The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the inward parts of the belly. 28Mercy and truth preserve the king; and his throne is upheld by goodness. 29The glory of young men is their strength; and the honor of old men is the gray head. 30The bruises of a wound cleanse away evil, and stripes the inward parts of the belly.