✧1Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise. ✧2The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life. ✧3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling. ✧4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. ✧5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out. ✧6Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man? ✧7A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him. ✧8A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
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