✧1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise. ✧2The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life. ✧3It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel. ✧4The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there. ✧5The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out. ✧6Many a man proclaims his loving devotion, but who can find a trustworthy man? ✧7The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him. ✧8A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes. ✧
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Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?
✧10Differing weights and unequal measures — both are detestable to the LORD.
✧11Even a young man is known by his actions— whether his conduct is pure and upright.
✧12Ears that hear and eyes that see— the LORD has made them both.
✧13Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
✧14“Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.
✧15There is an abundance of gold and rubies, but lips of knowledge are a rare treasure.
✧16Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
✧17Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.
✧18Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
✧19He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
✧20Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
✧21An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
✧22Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.
✧23Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
✧24A man’s steps are from the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own way?
✧25It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly, only later to reconsider his vows.
✧26A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them.
✧27The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being.
✧28Loving devotion and faithfulness preserve a king; by these he maintains his throne.
✧29The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.
✧30Lashes and wounds scour evil, and beatings cleanse the inmost parts.