1Wine[H3196] is a mocker[H3887], strong drink[H7941] is raging[H1993]: and whosoever is deceived[H7686] thereby is not wise[H2449].
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The fear[H367] of a king[H4428] is as the roaring[H5099] of a lion[H3715]: whoso provoketh him to anger[H5674]sinneth[H2398] against his own soul[H5315].
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It is an honour[H3519] for a man[H376] to cease[H7674] from strife[H7379]: but every fool[H191] will be meddling[H1566].
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The sluggard[H6102] will not plow[H2790] by reason of the cold[H2779]; therefore shall he beg[H7592] in harvest[H7105], and have nothing.
5Counsel[H6098] in the heart[H3820] of man[H376] is like deep[H6013]water[H4325]; but a man[H376] of understanding[H8394] will draw it out[H1802].
6Most[H7230]men[H120] will proclaim[H7121] every one[H376] his own goodness[H2617]: but a faithful[H529]man[H376] who can find?[H4672]
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The just[H6662] man walketh[H1980] in his integrity[H8537]: his children[H1121] are blessed[H835]after[H310] him.
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A king[H4428] that sitteth in[H3427] the throne[H3678] of judgment[H1779] scattereth away[H2219] all evil[H7451] with his eyes[H5869].
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Who can say[H559], I have made my heart[H3820]clean[H2135], I am pure[H2891] from my sin?[H2403]
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Divers weights[H68], and divers measures[H374], both[H8147] of them are alike[H1571]abomination[H8441] to the LORD[H3068].
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Even a child[H5288] is known[H5234] by his doings[H4611], whether his work[H6467] be pure[H2134], and whether it be right[H3477].
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The hearing[H8085]ear[H241], and the seeing[H7200]eye[H5869], the LORD[H3068] hath made[H6213] even both[H8147] of them.
13Love[H157] not sleep[H8142], lest thou come to poverty[H3423]; open[H6491] thine eyes[H5869], and thou shalt be satisfied[H7646] with bread[H3899].
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It is naught[H7451], it is naught[H7451], saith[H559] the buyer[H7069]: but when he is gone[H235] his way, then he boasteth[H1984].
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There is[H3426]gold[H2091], and a multitude[H7230] of rubies[H6443]: but the lips[H8193] of knowledge[H1847] are a precious[H3366]jewel[H3627].
16Take[H3947] his garment[H899] that is surety[H6148] for a stranger[H2114]: and take[H3947] a pledge[H2254] of him for a strange woman[H5237].
17Bread[H3899] of deceit[H8267] is sweet[H6156] to a man[H376]; but afterwards[H310] his mouth[H6310] shall be filled[H4390] with gravel[H2687].
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Every purpose[H4284] is established[H3559] by counsel[H6098]: and with good advice[H8458]make[H6213]war[H4421].
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He that goeth about[H1980] as a talebearer[H7400]revealeth[H1540]secrets[H5475]: therefore meddle[H6148] not with him that flattereth[H6601] with his lips[H8193].
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Whoso curseth[H7043] his father[H1] or his mother[H517], his lamp[H5216] shall be put out[H1846] in obscure[H380]darkness[H2822].
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An inheritance[H5159] may be gotten hastily[H926] at the beginning[H7223]; but the end[H319] thereof shall not be blessed[H1288].
22Say[H559] not thou, I will recompense[H7999]evil[H7451]; but wait on[H6960] the LORD[H3068], and he shall save[H3467] thee.
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Divers weights[H68] are an abomination[H8441] unto the LORD[H3068]; and a false[H4820]balance[H3976] is not good[H2896].
24Man[H120]'s goings[H4703] are of the LORD[H3068]; how can a man[H120] then understand[H995] his own way?[H1870]
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It is a snare[H4170] to the man[H120] who devoureth[H3216] that which is holy[H6944], and after[H310]vows[H5088] to make enquiry[H1239].
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A wise[H2450]king[H4428]scattereth[H2219] the wicked[H7563], and bringeth[H7725] the wheel[H212] over them.
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The spirit[H5397] of man[H120] is the candle[H5216] of the LORD[H3068], searching[H2664] all the inward parts[H2315] of the belly[H990].
28Mercy[H2617] and truth[H571]preserve[H5341] the king[H4428]: and his throne[H3678] is upholden[H5582] by mercy[H2617].
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The glory[H8597] of young men[H970] is their strength[H3581]: and the beauty[H1926] of old men[H2205] is the gray head[H7872].
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The blueness[H2250] of a wound[H6482]cleanseth[H8562] away evil[H7451]: so do stripes[H4347] the inward parts[H2315] of the belly[H990].