Proverbs 20:2-12

²As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul.

³It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but all fools are meddling with reproaches.

⁴Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.

⁵Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out.

⁶Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man?

⁷The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him blessed children.

⁸The king, that sitteth on the throne of judgment, scattereth away all evil with his look.

⁹Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin?

¹⁰Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God.

¹¹By his inclinations a child is known, if his works be clean and right.

¹²The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made them both.