Proverbs 20:1-9

¹Wine is a scorner — strong drink is noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.

²The fear of a king is a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul.

³An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.

⁴Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.

⁵Counsel in the heart of a man is deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up.

⁶A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find?

⁷The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him!

⁸A king sitting on a throne of judgment, Is scattering with his eyes all evil,

⁹Who saith, 'I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?'