1
Wine
makes a mocker, and beer a reveler, and whoever errs concerning them shall never be wise.
2
The fear of the king
is as the roaring of a lion;
whoever provokes him to anger sins
against his own soul.
3
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife, but every fool will be meddling.
4
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold;
therefore he shall beg in harvest and
have nothing.
5
Counsel in the heart of man
is like deep water, but a man of intelligence will draw it out.
6
Most men will proclaim each one his own mercy, but who can find a man of truth?
7
The just
man who walks in his integrity, blessed
shall be his sons after him.
8
A king that sits in the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
9
Who shall be able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
10
Double weights
and double measures, both of them
are alike abomination to the LORD.
11
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work
is pure and whether
it is right.