1. Wine is a mocker,Strong drink is a brawler,And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
2. The wrath of a king is like the roaring of a lion;Whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own life.
3. It is honorable for a man to stop striving,Since any fool can start a quarrel.
4. The lazy man will not plow because of winter;He will beg during 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 each his own goodness,But who can find a faithful man?
7. The righteous man walks in his integrity;His children are blessed after him.
8. A king who sits on the throne of judgmentScatters all evil with his eyes.
9. Who can say, “I have made my heart clean,I am pure from my sin”?