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Wine Is a Mocker
Wine is a mocker,
Strong drink is a brawler,
And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
Wine is a mocker,
Strong drink is a brawler,
And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
On Life and Conduct
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler,
And whoever is intoxicated by it is not wise.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler,
And whoever is intoxicated by it is not wise.
The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion;
He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
It is honorable for a man to stop striving,
Since any fool can start a quarrel.
Since any fool can start a quarrel.
Keeping away from strife is an honor for a man,
But any fool will quarrel.
But any fool will quarrel.
The lazy man will not plow because of winter;
He will beg during harvest and have nothing.
He will beg during harvest and have nothing.
The sluggard does not plow after the autumn,
So he begs during the harvest and has nothing.
So he begs during the harvest and has nothing.
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water,
But a man of understanding will draw it out.
But a man of understanding will draw it out.
A plan in the heart of a man is like deep water,
But a man of understanding draws it out.
But a man of understanding draws it out.
Many a man proclaims his own loyalty,
But who can find a trustworthy man?
But who can find a trustworthy man?
The righteous man walks in his integrity;
His children are blessed after him.
His children are blessed after him.
A righteous man who walks in his integrity —
How blessed are his sons after him.
How blessed are his sons after him.
A king who sits on the throne of judgment
Scatters all evil with his eyes.
Scatters all evil with his eyes.
A king who sits on the throne of justice
Disperses all evil with his eyes.
Disperses all evil with his eyes.
Who can say, “I have made my heart clean,
I am pure from my sin”?
I am pure from my sin”?
Who can say, “I have cleansed my heart,
I am pure from my sin”?
I am pure from my sin”?
Diverse weights and diverse measures,
They are both alike, an abomination to the Lord.
They are both alike, an abomination to the Lord.
Differing weights and differing measures,
Both of them are abominable to the LORD.
Both of them are abominable to the LORD.
Even a child is known by his deeds,
Whether what he does is pure and right.
Whether what he does is pure and right.
It is by his deeds that a lad distinguishes himself
If his conduct is pure and right.
If his conduct is pure and right.
The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
The Lord has made them both.
The Lord has made them both.
The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
The LORD has made both of them.
The LORD has made both of them.
Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty;
Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.
Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.
Do not love sleep, or you will become poor;
Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with food.
Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with food.
“Bad, bad,” says the buyer,
But when he goes his way, then he boasts.
But when he goes his way, then he boasts.
There is gold and a multitude of rubies,
But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
There is gold, and an abundance of jewels;
But the lips of knowledge are a more precious thing.
But the lips of knowledge are a more precious thing.
Take the garment of one who is surety for a stranger,
And hold it as a pledge when it is for a seductress.
And hold it as a pledge when it is for a seductress.
Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger;
And for foreigners, hold him in pledge.
And for foreigners, hold him in pledge.
Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man,
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
Bread obtained by falsehood is sweet to a man,
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
Plans are established by counsel;
By wise counsel wage war.
By wise counsel wage war.
Prepare plans by consultation,
And make war by wise guidance.
And make war by wise guidance.
He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets;
Therefore do not associate with one who flatters with his lips.
Therefore do not associate with one who flatters with his lips.
He who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets,
Therefore do not associate with a gossip.
Therefore do not associate with a gossip.
Whoever curses his father or his mother,
His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.
His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.
He who curses his father or his mother,
His lamp will go out in time of darkness.
His lamp will go out in time of darkness.
An inheritance gained hastily at the beginning
Will not be blessed at the end.
Will not be blessed at the end.
An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginning
Will not be blessed in the end.
Will not be blessed in the end.
Do not say, “I will repay evil”;
Wait for the LORD, and He will save you.
Wait for the LORD, and He will save you.
Diverse weights are an abomination to the Lord,
And dishonest scales are not good.
And dishonest scales are not good.
Differing weights are an abomination to the LORD,
And a false scale is not good.
And a false scale is not good.
A man’s steps are of the Lord;
How then can a man understand his own way?
How then can a man understand his own way?
Man’s steps are ordained by the LORD,
How then can man understand his way?
How then can man understand his way?
It is a snare for a man to devote rashly something as holy,
And afterward to reconsider his vows.
And afterward to reconsider his vows.
It is a trap for a man to say rashly, “It is holy!”
And after the vows to make inquiry.
And after the vows to make inquiry.
A wise king sifts out the wicked,
And brings the threshing wheel over them.
And brings the threshing wheel over them.
A wise king winnows the wicked,
And drives the threshing wheel over them.
And drives the threshing wheel over them.
The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD,
Searching all the innermost parts of his being.
Searching all the innermost parts of his being.
Loyalty and truth preserve the king,
And he upholds his throne by righteousness.
And he upholds his throne by righteousness.
The glory of young men is their strength,
And the splendor of old men is their gray head.
And the splendor of old men is their gray head.
The glory of young men is their strength,
And the honor of old men is their gray hair.
And the honor of old men is their gray hair.