1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
2 A king's terror is like a lion's growl; whoever angers him forfeits his own life.
3 It is honorable for a man to stay out of a dispute, but every fool will start a quarrel.
4 The lazy man does not plow in the autumn; at harvest he looks for a crop and there is 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 announces his own loyalty, but who can find a man who is trustworthy?
7 The righteous man walks in his integrity; happy are his children after him!
8 A king seated on the throne of justice sifts out all evil with his eyes.
9 Who can say, "I have kept my heart clean; I am free of my sin"?
10 Two kinds of weights and two kinds of measures, the LORD detests them both.
11 Even a child shows by what he does whether his conduct is pure and upright.
12 The ear that hears and the eye that sees, the LORD has made both of them.
13 Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; keep your eyes open, and you will have bread to the full.
14 "It is bad, it is bad," says the buyer; then he goes off and brags.
15 There is gold, and plenty of corals, but lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel.
16 Take the garment of one who has stood surety for a stranger, and hold it in pledge for a foreign woman.
17 Bread won by deceit tastes sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of grit.
18 Plans are made firm through counsel; wage war with wise guidance.
19 One who goes around gossiping betrays secrets; so do not mix with one who cannot keep his lips closed.
20 If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will go out in the blackest darkness.
21 An inheritance seized hastily at the start will not be blessed in the end.
22 Do not say, "I will pay back evil"; wait for the LORD, and he will rescue you.
23 The LORD detests two kinds of weights, and dishonest scales are not good.
24 A man's steps come from the LORD; how then can anyone understand his own way?
25 It is a trap for a man to blurt out, "Holy!" and only afterward to think over his vows.
26 A wise king sifts out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them.
27 The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out all his inmost parts.
28 Steadfast love and faithfulness guard the king, and he holds up his throne by steadfast love.
29 The glory of young men is their strength, and the splendor of the old is their gray hair.
30 Bruising wounds scour away evil, and blows scour the inmost parts.