1 Wine Gen. 9:21; Prov. 23:29–35; Is. 28:7; Hos. 4:11 is a mocker, Strong drink is a brawler, And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
2 The wrath of a king is like the roaring of a lion; Whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own life.
3 Prov. 17:14 It is honorable for a man to stop striving, Since any fool can start a quarrel.
4 Prov. 10:4 The lazy man will not plow because of winter; Prov. 19:15 He will beg during harvest and have nothing.
5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, But a man of understanding will draw it out.
6 Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, But who can find a faithful man?
7 2 Cor. 1:12 The righteous man walks in his integrity; Ps. 37:26 His children are blessed after him.
8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment Scatters all evil with his eyes.
9 (1 Kin. 8:46;2 Chr. 6:36); Job 9:30, 31; 14:4; (Ps. 51:5; Eccl. 7:20; Rom. 3:9;1 John 1:8) Who can say, “I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin”?
10 Deut. 25:13 Diverse weights and diverse measures, They are both alike, an abomination to the Lord .
11 Even a child is Matt. 7:16 known by his deeds, Whether what he does is pure and right.
12 Ex. 4:11; Ps. 94:9 The hearing ear and the seeing eye, The Lord has made them both.
13 Rom. 12:11 Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.
14 “ It is good for nothing,” cries the buyer; But when he has gone his way, then he boasts.
15 There is gold and a multitude of rubies, But (Job 28:12–19; Prov. 3:13–15) the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
16 Prov. 22:26 Take the garment of one who is surety for a stranger, And hold it as a pledge when it is for a seductress.
17 Prov. 9:17 Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
18 Prov. 24:6 Plans are established by counsel; Luke 14:31 By wise counsel wage war.
19 Prov. 11:13 He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; Therefore do not associate with one Rom. 16:18 who flatters with his lips.
20 Ex. 21:17; Lev. 20:9; Prov. 30:11; Matt. 15:4 Whoever curses his father or his mother, Job 18:5, 6; Prov. 24:20 His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.
21 Prov. 28:20 An inheritance gained hastily at the beginning Hab. 2:6 Will not be blessed at the end.
22 (Deut. 32:35); Prov. 17:13; 24:29; (Rom. 12:17–19); 1 Thess. 5:15; (1 Pet. 3:9) Do not say, “I will recompense evil”; 2 Sam. 16:12 Wait for the Lord , and He will save you.
23 Diverse weights are an abomination to the Lord , And dishonest scales are not good.
24 A man’s steps are of the Lord ; How then can a man understand his own way?
25 It is a snare for a man to devote rashly something as holy, And afterward to reconsider his vows.
26 Ps. 101:8 A wise king sifts out the wicked, And brings the threshing wheel over them.
27 1 Cor. 2:11 The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord , Searching all the inner depths of his heart.
28 Ps. 101:1; Prov. 21:21 Mercy and truth preserve the king, And by lovingkindness he upholds his throne.
29 The glory of young men is their strength, And Prov. 16:31 the splendor of old men is their gray head.
30 Blows that hurt cleanse away evil, As do stripes the inner depths of the heart.