1
Wine is a mocker, beer is a brawler, and whoever staggers because of them is not wise.
2
A king's terrible wrath is like the roaring of a lion; anyone who provokes him endangers himself.
3
It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool can get himself into a quarrel.
4
The slacker does not plow during planting season; at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing.
5
Counsel in a man's heart is deep water; but a man of understanding draws it up.
6
Many a man proclaims his own loyalty, but who can find a trustworthy man?
7
The one who lives with integrity is righteous; his children who come after him will be happy.
8
A king sitting on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.
9
Who can say, "I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin"?
10
Differing weights and varying measures- both are detestable to the Lord.
11
Even a young man is known by his actions- by whether his behavior is pure and upright.