Wine is a mocker
, strong drink
is raging
: and whosoever is deceived
thereby is not wise
.
The fear of a king
is as the roaring
of a lion
: whoso provoketh him to anger
sinneth
against his own soul
.
It is an honour for a man
to cease
from strife
: but every fool
will be meddling
.
The sluggard will not plow
by reason of the cold
; therefore shall he beg
in harvest
, and have nothing.
Counsel in the heart
of man
is like deep
water
; but a man
of understanding
will draw it out
.
Most men
will proclaim
every one
his own goodness
: but a faithful
man
who can find
?
The just man walketh
in his integrity
: his children
are blessed
after
him.
A king that sitteth in
the throne
of judgment
scattereth away
all evil
with his eyes
.
Who can say, I have made my heart
clean
, I am pure
from my sin
?
Divers weights, and divers measures
, both
of them are alike
abomination
to the LORD
.
Even a child is known
by his doings
, whether his work
be pure
, and whether it be right
.
The hearing ear
, and the seeing
eye
, the LORD
hath made
even both
of them.
Love not sleep
, lest thou come to poverty
; open
thine eyes
, and thou shalt be satisfied
with bread
.
It is naught, it is naught
, saith
the buyer
: but when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth
.
There is gold
, and a multitude
of rubies
: but the lips
of knowledge
are a precious
jewel
.
Take his garment
that is surety
for a stranger
: and take a pledge
of him for a strange woman
.
Bread of deceit
is sweet
to a man
; but afterwards
his mouth
shall be filled
with gravel
.
Every purpose is established
by counsel
: and with good advice
make
war
.
He that goeth about as a talebearer
revealeth
secrets
: therefore meddle
not with him that flattereth
with his lips
.
Whoso curseth his father
or his mother
, his lamp
shall be put out
in obscure
darkness
.
An inheritance may be gotten hastily
at the beginning
; but the end
thereof shall not be blessed
.
Say not thou, I will recompense
evil
; but wait on
the LORD
, and he shall save
thee.
Divers weights are an abomination
unto the LORD
; and a false
balance
is not good
.
Man's goings
are of the LORD
; how can a man
then understand
his own way
?
It is a snare to the man
who devoureth
that which is holy
, and after
vows
to make enquiry
.
A wise king
scattereth
the wicked
, and bringeth
the wheel
over them.
The spirit of man
is the candle
of the LORD
, searching
all the inward parts
of the belly
.
Mercy and truth
preserve
the king
: and his throne
is upholden
by mercy
.
The glory of young men
is their strength
: and the beauty
of old men
is the gray head
.
The blueness of a wound
cleanseth
away evil
: so do stripes
the inward parts
of the belly
.