The Book of Proverbs

Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] stirring, and each one straying by it [is] not wise.

The fear of a king [is] as the roar of a lion, he who stirs him up to anger wrongs his own soul.

For a man to cease from strife [is] an honor, but every fool exposes himself.

The lazy man will not plow, after autumn he begs at harvest, and nothing is there.

Counsel in a man's heart [is like] deep water, but an understanding man will draw it out.

Most men will proclaim each his own kindness, but who can find a faithful man?

The just one walks in his integrity, blessed [are] his sons after him!

A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.

Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, both [are] hateful to Jehovah.

Even a child is known by his acts, whether his work [is] pure, or upright.

The hearing ear and the seeing eye, Jehovah has even made both of them.

Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; open your eyes, be satisfied with bread.

Bad! Bad! says the buyer, but when [it is] left to him, then he boasts.

There is gold and a multitude of gems, but the lips of knowledge [are] a rare vessel.

Take the garment of the one who is surety [for] a stranger, and take a pledge from one who [guarantees] for strangers.

Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled [with] gravel.

Purposes are established in counsel, and make war with wise guidance.

A revealer of secrets walks about as a gossip, so do not meddle with him who opens his lips wide.

Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in deep darkness.

An inheritance [may be] gotten quickly in the beginning, but the end of it shall not be blessed.

Do not say, I will repay evil; wait on Jehovah, and He will save you.

A stone and a stone [are] hateful to Jehovah; and a false balance [is] not good.

[It is] a snare [to] a man to say rashly, A holy thing, and after the vows to inquire [about it].

A wise king scatters the wicked and turns the wheel over them.

The spirit of man [is] the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the inward parts of the heart.

Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by mercy.

The glory of young men [is] their vigor, and the honor of old men [is] the gray head.

The stripes of a wound cleanse away evil, and strokes the inward parts of the heart.