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?'