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Wine Is a Mocker
Wine is a mocker,
Strong drink is a brawler,
And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
Wine is a mocker,
Strong drink is a brawler,
And whoever is led astray by it 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.
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 honorable for a man to stop striving,
Since any fool can start a quarrel.
Since any fool can start a quarrel.
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 lazy man will not plow because of winter;
He will beg during harvest and have nothing.
He will beg during 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.
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?
The righteous who walks in his integrity —
blessed are his children after him!
blessed are his children after him!
The righteous man walks in his integrity;
His children are blessed after him.
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 who sits on the throne of judgment
Scatters all evil with his eyes.
Scatters 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”?
I am pure from my sin”?
Diverse weights and diverse measures,
They are both alike, an abomination to the Lord.
They are both alike, an abomination to the Lord.
Even a child is known by his deeds,
Whether what he does is pure and right.
Whether what he does is pure and 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 has made them both.
The Lord has made them both.
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.
Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty;
Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.
Open your eyes, and you will 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.
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.
But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Take the garment of one who is surety for a stranger,
And hold it as a pledge when it is for a seductress.
And hold it as a pledge when it is for a seductress.
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 gained by deceit is sweet to a man,
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
Plans are established by counsel;
by wise guidance wage war.
by wise guidance wage war.
Plans are established by counsel;
By wise counsel wage war.
By wise counsel wage war.
He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets;
Therefore do not associate with one who flatters with his lips.
Therefore do not associate with one who flatters 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.
Whoever curses his father or his mother,
His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.
His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.
An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning
will not be blessed in the end.
will not be blessed in the end.
An inheritance gained hastily at the beginning
Will not be blessed at the end.
Will not be blessed at the end.
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.
Unequal weights are an abomination to the Lord,
and false scales are not good.
and false scales are not good.
Diverse weights are an abomination to the Lord,
And dishonest scales are not good.
And dishonest scales are not good.
A man’s steps are from the Lord;
how then can man understand his way?
how then can man understand his way?
A man’s steps are of the Lord;
How then can a man understand his own way?
How then can a man 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 for a man to devote rashly something as holy,
And afterward to reconsider his vows.
And afterward to reconsider his vows.
A wise king winnows the wicked
and drives the wheel over them.
and drives the wheel over them.
A wise king sifts out the wicked,
And brings the threshing wheel over them.
And brings the threshing wheel over them.
Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king,
and by steadfast love his throne is upheld.
and by steadfast love his throne is upheld.
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 splendor of old men is their gray head.
And the splendor of old men is their gray head.