| 1 | ¶ Wine is a scorner, strong drink is raging; and whoso 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 soul. | |
| 3 | ¶ It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it. | |
| 4 | ¶ The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. | |
| 5 | ¶ Counsel in the heart of man is deep water, and a man of understanding draweth it out. | |
| 6 | ¶ Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; but a faithful man who shall find? | |
| 7 | ¶ The righteous walketh in his integrity: blessed are his children after him! | |
| 8 | ¶ A king sitting 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 | ¶ Divers weights, divers measures, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah. | |
| 11 | ¶ Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. | |
| 12 | ¶ The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them. | |
| 13 | ¶ Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, {and} thou shalt be satisfied with bread. | |
| 14 | ¶ Bad! bad! saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. | |
| 15 | ¶ There is gold, and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a precious Jewel. | |
| 16 | ¶ Take his garment that is become surety {for} another, and hold him in pledge for strangers. | |
| 17 | ¶ Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. | |
| 18 | ¶ Plans are established by counsel; and with good advice make war. | |
| 19 | ¶ He that goeth about talebearing revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth his lips. | |
| 20 | ¶ Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness. | |
| 21 | ¶ An inheritance obtained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed in the end. | |
| 22 | ¶ Say not, I will recompense evil: wait on Jehovah, and he shall save thee. | |
| 23 | ¶ Divers weights are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good. | |
| 24 | ¶ The steps of a man are from Jehovah; and how can a man understand his own way? | |
| 25 | ¶ It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is hallowed, and after vows to make inquiry. | |
| 26 | ¶ A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. | |
| 27 | ¶ Man?s spirit is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the inner parts of the belly. | |
| 28 | ¶ Mercy and truth preserve the king; and he upholdeth his throne by mercy. | |
| 29 | ¶ The glory of young men is their strength; and the beauty of old men is the grey head. | |
| 30 | ¶ Wounding stripes purge away evil, and strokes {purge} the inner parts of the belly. | |