1. Wine is a mocker, beer is a brawler,and whoever staggers because of them is not wise.
2. A king’s terrible wrath is like the roaring of a lion;anyone who provokes him endangers himself.
3. It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool can get himself into a quarrel.
4. The slacker does not plow during planting season; at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing.
5. Counsel in a man’s heart is deep water; but a man of understanding draws it out.
6. Many a man proclaims his own loyalty,but who can find a trustworthy man?
7. The one who lives with integrity is righteous; his children who come after him will be happy.
8. A king sitting on a throne to judgesifts out all evil with his eyes.
9. Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure;I am cleansed from my sin”?
10. Differing weights and varying measures —both are detestable to the Lord.
11. Even a young man is known by his actions —if his behavior is pure and upright.
12. The hearing ear and the seeing eye —the Lord made them both.
13. Don’t love sleep, or you will become poor;open your eyes, and you’ll have enough to eat.
14. “It’s worthless, it’s worthless! ” the buyer says,but after he is on his way, he gloats.
15. There is gold and a multitude of jewels,but knowledgeable lips are a rare treasure.