20 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler,
    and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.^[a]
2 The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion;
    whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life.
³ It is an honor 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 heart is like deep water,
    but a man of understanding will draw it out.
⁶ Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love,
    but a faithful man who can find?
⁷ The righteous who walks in his integrity—
    blessed are his children 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 pure;
    I am clean from my sin”?
¹⁰ Unequal^[b] weights and unequal measures
    are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
¹¹ Even a child makes himself known by his acts,
    by whether his conduct is pure and upright.^[c]
12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
    the Lord has made them both.
¹³ Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty;
    open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
¹⁴ “Bad, 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 put up security for a stranger,
    and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.^[d]
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 Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets;
    therefore do not associate with a simple babbler.^[e]
20 If one curses his father or his mother,
    his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
²¹ An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning
    will not be blessed in the end.
²² Do not say, “I will repay evil”;
    wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.
²³ Unequal weights are an abomination to the Lord,
    and false scales are not good.
²⁴ A man’s steps are from the Lord;
    how then can man understand his way?
²⁵ It is a snare to say rashly, “It is holy,”
    and to reflect only after making vows.
²⁶ A wise king winnows the wicked
    and drives the wheel over them.
²⁷ The spirit^[f] of man is the lamp of the Lord,
    searching all his innermost parts.
²⁸ Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king,
    and by steadfast love his throne is upheld.
²⁹ The glory of young men is their strength,
    but the splendor of old men is their gray hair.
³⁰ Blows that wound cleanse away evil;
    strokes make clean the innermost parts.