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Wine is a Mocker
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion;
whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life.
whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life.
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife,
but every fool will be quarreling.
but every fool will be quarreling.
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
The sluggard does not plow in the autumn;
he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
The purpose in a man’s heart is like deep water,
but a man of understanding will draw it out.
but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love,
but a faithful man who can find?
but a faithful man who can find?
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
The righteous who walks in his integrity —
blessed are his children after him!
blessed are his children after him!
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
A king who sits on the throne of judgment
winnows all evil with his eyes.
winnows all evil with his eyes.
A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
Who can say, “I have made my heart pure;
I am clean from my sin”?
I am clean from my sin”?
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
the Lord has made them both.
the Lord has made them both.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty;
open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
“Bad, bad,” says the buyer,
but when he goes away, then he boasts.
but when he goes away, then he boasts.
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
There is gold and abundance of costly stones,
but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man,
but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.
but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Plans are established by counsel;
by wise guidance wage war.
by wise guidance wage war.
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
If one curses his father or his mother,
his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning
will not be blessed in the end.
will not be blessed in the end.
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Do not say, “I will repay evil”;
wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.
wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.
Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
Unequal weights are an abomination to the Lord,
and false scales are not good.
and false scales are not good.
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
A man’s steps are from the Lord;
how then can man understand his way?
how then can man understand his way?
Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
It is a snare to say rashly, “It is holy,”
and to reflect only after making vows.
and to reflect only after making vows.
It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make inquiry.
A wise king winnows the wicked
and drives the wheel over them.
and drives the wheel over them.
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king,
and by steadfast love his throne is upheld.
and by steadfast love his throne is upheld.
Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
The glory of young men is their strength,
but the splendor of old men is their gray hair.
but the splendor of old men is their gray hair.
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.