| 1 | Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith shall not be wise. |
| 2 | As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul. |
| 3 | It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but all fools are meddling with reproaches. |
| 4 | Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him. |
| 5 | Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out. |
| 6 | Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man? |
| 7 | The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him blessed children. |
| 8 | The king, that sitteth on the throne of judgment, scattereth away all evil with his look. |
| 9 | Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin? |
| 10 | Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God. |
| 11 | By his inclinations a child is known, if his works be clean and right. |
| 12 | The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made them both. |
| 13 | Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread. |
| 14 | It is nought, it is nought, saith every buyer: and when he is gone away, then he will boast. |
| 15 | There is gold, and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel. |
| 16 | Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers. |
| 17 | The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. |
| 18 | Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments. |
| 19 | Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips. |
| 20 | He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness. |
| 21 | The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing. |
| 22 | Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord and he will deliver thee. |
| 23 | Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good. |
| 24 | The steps of man are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way? |
| 25 | It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract. |
| 26 | A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth over them the wheel. |
| 27 | The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, which searcheth all the hidden things of the bowels. |
| 28 | Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency. |
| 29 | The joy of young men is their strength: and the dignity of old men, their grey hairs. |
| 30 | The blueness of a wound shall wipe away evils: and stripes in the more inward parts of the belly. |
