1. Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
2. The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
3. It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.
4. The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in 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. Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?
7. A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.
8. A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
9. Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?”
10. Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
11. Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.