1Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.[1] (تك 9:21; أم 23:29; أم 31:4; إش 28:7; هو 4:11)2The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life. (عد 16:38; أم 8:36; أم 19:12; حب 2:10)3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling. (أم 17:14)4The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing. (أم 6:11; أم 19:15; أم 19:24)5The purpose in a man’s heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out. (أم 18:4)6Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find? (مز 12:1; أم 25:14; مت 6:2; لو 18:11)7The righteous who walks in his integrity— blessed are his children after him! (1مل 15:4; مز 37:26; مز 112:2; أم 19:1; إر 33:20)8A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes. (مز 101:5; أم 16:10; أم 20:26; أم 25:5)9Who can say, “I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin”? (1مل 8:46)10Unequal[2] weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord. (أم 11:1; أم 20:23)11Even a child makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.[3] (مت 7:16)12The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the Lord has made them both. (خر 4:11; مز 94:9; أم 15:31; أم 25:12)13Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread. (أم 6:4; أم 12:11; أم 19:15; أم 20:4; أم 31:15; رو 12:11)14“Bad, bad,” says the buyer, but when he goes away, then he boasts.15There is gold and abundance of costly stones, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. (أي 28:18; أم 3:14)16Take a man’s garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.[4] (أي 22:6; أم 6:1; أم 22:26; أم 27:13)17Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel. (أم 9:17; مرا 3:16)18Plans are established by counsel; by wise guidance wage war. (أم 11:14; أم 15:22; أم 24:6; لو 14:31)19Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler.[5] (أم 11:13; أم 13:3; رو 16:18)20If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness. (خر 21:17; 2صم 21:17; أي 18:5; أم 30:11; أم 30:17)21An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end. (أم 13:11)22Do not say, “I will repay evil”; wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you. (مز 27:14; أم 17:13; أم 24:29; مت 5:39; رو 12:17; رو 12:19; 1تس 5:15; 1بط 3:9)23Unequal weights are an abomination to the Lord, and false scales are not good. (أم 11:1; أم 20:10)24A man’s steps are from the Lord; how then can man understand his way? (أم 16:9)25It is a snare to say rashly, “It is holy,” and to reflect only after making vows. (جا 5:4)26A wise king winnows the wicked and drives the wheel over them. (إش 28:27; مت 3:12)27The spirit[6] of man is the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts. (أم 18:8; صف 1:12; 1كو 2:11)28Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his throne is upheld. (أم 3:3; أم 16:12)29The glory of young men is their strength, but the splendor of old men is their gray hair. (أم 16:31)30Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean the innermost parts. (أم 20:27; إش 53:5)