| 1. | Wine `is' a scorner -- strong drink `is' noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise. |
| 2. | The fear of a king `is' a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul. |
| 3. | An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth. |
| 4. | Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing. |
| 5. | Counsel in the heart of a man `is' deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up. |
| 6. | A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find? |
| 7. | The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him! |
| 8. | A king sitting on a throne of judgment, Is scattering with his eyes all evil, |
| 9. | Who saith, `I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?' |
| 10. | A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them `are' an abomination to Jehovah. |
| 11. | Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright. |
| 12. | A hearing ear, and a seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them. |
| 13. | Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes -- be satisfied `with' bread. |
| 14. | `Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself. |
| 15. | Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, `are' lips of knowledge. |
| 16. | Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it. |
| 17. | Sweet to a man `is' the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled `with' gravel. |
| 18. | Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war. |
| 19. | A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver `with' his lips make not thyself surety. |
| 20. | Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness. |
| 21. | An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed. |
| 22. | Do not say, `I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee. |
| 23. | An abomination to Jehovah `are' a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit `are' not good. |
| 24. | From Jehovah `are' the steps of a man, And man -- how understandeth he his way? |
| 25. | A snare to a man `is' he hath swallowed a holy thing, And after vows to make inquiry. |
| 26. | A wise king is scattering the wicked, And turneth back on them the wheel. |
| 27. | The breath of man `is' a lamp of Jehovah, Searching all the inner parts of the heart. |
| 28. | Kindness and truth keep a king, And he hath supported by kindness his throne. |
| 29. | The beauty of young men is their strength, And the honour of old men is grey hairs. |
| 30. | The bandages of a wound thou removest with the evil, Also the plagues of the inner parts of the heart! |