| 1 | Wine is a mocker, Strong drink is a brawler, And whoever is led astray by it is not wise. | |
| 2 | The wrath of a king is like the roaring of a lion; Whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own life. | |
| 3 | It is honorable for a man to stop striving, Since any fool can start a quarrel. | |
| 4 | The lazy man will not plow because of winter; He will beg during harvest and have nothing. | |
| 5 | Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, But a man of understanding will draw it out. | |
| 6 | Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, But who can find a faithful man? | |
| 7 | The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him. | |
| 8 | A king who sits on the throne of judgment Scatters all evil with his eyes. | |
| 9 | Who can say, "I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin"? | |
| 10 | Diverse weights and diverse measures, They are both alike, an abomination to the LORD. | |
| 11 | Even a child is known by his deeds, Whether what he does is pure and right. | |
| 12 | The hearing ear and the seeing eye, The LORD has made them both. | |
| 13 | Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread. | |
| 14 | "It is good for nothing," cries the buyer; But when he has gone his way, then he boasts. | |
| 15 | There is gold and a multitude of rubies, But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. | |
| 16 | Take the garment of one who is surety for a stranger, And hold it as a pledge when it is for a seductress. | |
| 17 | Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel. | |
| 18 | Plans are established by counsel; By wise counsel wage war. | |
| 19 | He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; Therefore do not associate with one who flatters with his lips. | |
| 20 | Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp will be put out in deep darkness. | |
| 21 | An inheritance gained hastily at the beginning Will not be blessed at the end. | |
| 22 | Do not say, "I will recompense evil"; Wait for the LORD, and He will save you. | |
| 23 | Diverse weights are an abomination to the LORD, And dishonest scales are not good. | |
| 24 | A man's steps are of the LORD; How then can a man understand his own way? | |
| 25 | It is a snare for a man to devote rashly something as holy, And afterward to reconsider his vows. | |
| 26 | A wise king sifts out the wicked, And brings the threshing wheel over them. | |
| 27 | The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, Searching all the inner depths of his heart. | |
| 28 | Mercy and truth preserve the king, And by lovingkindness he upholds his throne. | |
| 29 | The glory of young men is their strength, And the splendor of old men is their gray head. | |
| 30 | Blows that hurt cleanse away evil, As do stripes the inner depths of the heart. | |