¹Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a roarer, and whoever staggers in it does not become wise.

²The dread of a king is a growl like a young lion's; whoever infuriates him sins against his being.

³It is weightiness for a man to cease from strife, but every fool breaks out.

⁴In autumn the sluggish one does not plow; so he asks at harvest, and there is nothing.

⁵Counsel in the heart of a man is deep waters, but a man of understanding draws it out.

⁶A multitude of people each proclaim their own loyal love, but a faithful man, who can find one?

⁷The righteous one walks about in his integrity; blessed are his sons after him.

⁸A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes.

⁹Who can say, I have kept my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

¹⁰Stone and stone, ephah and ephah: an abomination to Yahweh, even both of them.

¹¹Even a boy makes himself known by his deeds, whether his work is pure or whether it is upright.

¹²The ear that hears and the eye that sees—Yahweh has made even the two of them.

¹³Do not love sleep, lest you be impoverished; open your eyes, be satisfied with bread.

¹⁴Bad, bad, says the buyer, but once he goes his way, then he boasts.

¹⁵There is gold and a multitude of corals, but a precious vessel is the lips of knowledge.

¹⁶Take his garment, for he stood surety for a stranger; and for a foreign woman, hold it in pledge.

¹⁷Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

¹⁸Plans are established by counsel, and with directions make war.

¹⁹One who goes about as a slanderer uncovers a secret, so do not mix with one who opens his lips.

²⁰One who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be snuffed out in the pupil of darkness.

²¹An inheritance hastily gained at the first, its latter end will not be blessed.

²²Do not say, I will repay evil; wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

²³Stone and stone are an abomination to Yahweh, and scales of deceit are not good.

²⁴A man's steps are from Yahweh; and a human, how can he discern his own way?

²⁵It is a snare for a person to blurt out what is sacred, and after the vows, to inspect them.

²⁶A wise king winnows the wicked, and brings the wheel back over them.

²⁷The breath of a human is the lamp of Yahweh, searching all the inner chambers of the belly.

²⁸Loyal love and stability keep a king, and by loyal love he props up his throne.

²⁹The splendor of young men is their strength, and the splendor of old men is gray hair.

³⁰Welts from a wound are a scouring of evil, and blows reach the inner chambers of the belly.