1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
2
The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own life.
3
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.
4
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in 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 every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?
7
A righteous man that walketh in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him.
8
A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment Scattereth away 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, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.