| 20 | Proverbs | ||
| 1 | Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; and whoever is led astray by it is not wise. | ||
| 2 | The dread wrath of a king is like the growling of a lion; he who provokes him to anger forfeits his life. | ||
| 3 | It is an honour for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling. | ||
| 4 | The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing. | ||
| 5 | The purpose in a man's mind is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out. | ||
| 6 | Many a man proclaims his own loyalty, but a faithful man who can find? | ||
| 7 | A righteous man who walks in his integrity - blessed are his sons after him! | ||
| 8 | A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes. | ||
| 9 | Who can say, "I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin"? | ||
| 10 | Diverse weights and diverse measures are both alike an abomination to Yahweh. | ||
| 11 | Even a child makes himself known by his acts, whether what he does is pure and right. | ||
| 12 | The hearing ear and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made them both. | ||
| 13 | Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread. | ||
| 14 | "It is bad, it is bad," says the buyer; but when he goes away, then he boasts. | ||
| 15 | There is gold, and abundance of costly stones; but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. | ||
| 16 | Take a man's garment when he has given surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners. | ||
| 17 | Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel. | ||
| 18 | Plans are established by counsel; by wise guidance wage war. | ||
| 19 | He who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with one who speaks foolishly. | ||
| 20 | If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness. | ||
| 21 | An inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning will in the end not be blessed. | ||
| 22 | Do not say, "I will repay evil"; wait for Yahweh, and he will help you. | ||
| 23 | Diverse weights are an abomination to Yahweh, and false scales are not good. | ||
| 24 | A man's steps are ordered by Yahweh; how then can man understand his way? | ||
| 25 | It is a snare for a man to say rashly, "It is holy," and to reflect only after making his vows. | ||
| 26 | A wise king winnows the wicked, and drives the wheel over them. | ||
| 27 | The spirit of man is the lamp of Yahweh, searching all his innermost parts. | ||
| 28 | Loyalty and faithfulness preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by righteousness. | ||
| 29 | The glory of young men is their strength, but the beauty of old men is their gray hair. | ||
| 30 | Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean the innermost parts. | ||
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