1. Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler,and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
2. The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion;whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life.
3. It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife,but every fool will be quarreling.
4. The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
5. The purpose in a man’s heart is like deep water,but a man of understanding will draw it out.
6. Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love,but a faithful man who can find?
7. The righteous who walks in his integrity— blessed are his children after him!
8. A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes.
9. Who can say, “I have made my heart pure;I am clean from my sin”?
10. Unequal weights and unequal measuresare both alike an abomination to the Lord.
11. Even a child makes himself known by his acts,by whether his conduct is pure and upright.