1Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
2The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
3It is kavod ·weighty glory· for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.
4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall begin harvest, and have nothing.
5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
6Many men claim to be men of cheshed ·loving-kindness·, but who can find a faithful man?
7A upright man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.
8A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
9Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?”
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