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 honour for a man to keep aloof from strife;but every fool will be quarrelling.
4. The sluggard will not plough 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 judgementscatters 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 the Lord.