Proverbs 20:1-8

¹Wine is a lecherous thing, and drunkenness is full of noise; whoever delighteth in these, shall not be wise.

²As the roaring of a lion, so and the dread of a king; he that stirreth him to ire, sinneth against his soul.

³It is honour to a man that separateth himself from strivings; but fond men be meddled or fools shall be mingled with despisings.

⁴A slow man would not ear for cold; therefore he shall beg in summer, and men shall not give to him.

⁵As deep water, so counsel is in the heart of a man; but a wise man shall draw it out.

⁶Many men be called merciful; but who shall find a faithful man?

⁷Forsooth a just or rightwise man that goeth in his simpleness, shall leave blessed sons after him.

⁸A king that sitteth in the seat of doom, destroyeth all evil by his looking.