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[1]Wine is a mocker, strong drink is riotous; and whosoever reeleth thereby is not wise.
[2]The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger forfeiteth his life.
[3]It is an honour for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be snarling.
[4]The sluggard will not plow when winter setteth in; 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 goodness; but a faithful man who can find?
[7]He that walketh in his integrity as a just man, happy 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]Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them alike are abomination to 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇.
[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, 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 hath made even both of them.
[13]Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt have bread in plenty.
[14]'It is bad, it is 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 surety for a stranger; and hold him in pledge that is surety for an alien woman.
[17]Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
[18]Every purpose is established by counsel; and with good advice carry on war.
[19]He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth wide his lips.
[20]Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in t blackest darkness.
[21]An estate may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
[22]Say not thou: 'I will requite evil'; wait for 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, and He will save thee.
[23]Diver weights are an abomination to 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇; and a false balance is not good.
[24]A man's goings are of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇; how then can man look to his way?
[25]It is a snare to a man rashly to say: 'Holy', and after vows to make inquiry.
[26]A wise king sifteth the wicked, and turneth the wheel over them.
[27]The spirit of man is the lamp of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, searching all the inward parts.
[28]Mercy and truth preserve the king; and his throne is upheld by mercy.
[29]The glory of young men is their strength; and the beauty of old men is the hoary head.
[30]Sharp wounds cleanse away evil; so do stripes that reach the inward parts.
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