20 ^(A)Wine is a mocker, ^(B)strong drink a brawler,
    and whoever ^(C)is led astray by it is not wise.^[a]
2 The terror of a king is like ^(D)the growling of a lion;
    whoever provokes him to anger ^(E)forfeits his life.
³ It is an honor for a man to ^(F)keep aloof from strife,
    but every fool will be quarreling.
^4 (G)The sluggard does not plow in the autumn;
    ^(H)he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
⁵ The purpose in a man's heart is like ^(I)deep water,
    but a man of understanding will draw it out.
⁶ Many a man ^(J)proclaims his own steadfast love,
    but ^(K)a faithful man who can find?
⁷ The righteous who ^(L)walks in his integrity—
    ^(M)blessed are his children after him!
^8 (N)A king who sits on the throne of judgment
    ^(O)winnows all evil with his eyes.
^9 (P)Who can say, “I have made my heart pure;
    I am clean from my sin”?
^10 (Q)Unequal^[b] weights and unequal measures
    are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
¹¹ Even a child ^(R)makes himself known by his acts,
    by whether his conduct is pure and upright.^[c]
12 (S)The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
    ^(T)the Lord has made them both.
^13 (U)Love not sleep, lest you ^(V)come to poverty;
    open your eyes, and you will have ^(W)plenty of bread.
¹⁴ “Bad, bad,” says the buyer,
    but when he goes away, then he boasts.
¹⁵ There is gold and abundance of ^(X)costly stones,
    ^(Y)but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
^16 (Z)Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger,
    and ^(AA)hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.^[d]
17 (AB)Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man,
    but afterward his mouth will be full of ^(AC)gravel.
^18 (AD)Plans are established by counsel;
    by ^(AE)wise guidance ^(AF)wage war.
¹⁹ Whoever ^(AG)goes about slandering reveals secrets;
    therefore do not associate with ^(AH)a simple babbler.^[e]
20 (AI)If one curses his father or his mother,
    ^(AJ)his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
^21 (AK)An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning
    will not be blessed in the end.
²² Do not say, ^(AL)“I will repay evil”;
    ^(AM)wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.

22 ^(A)A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
    and favor is better than silver or gold.
^2 (B)The rich and the poor meet together;
    the Lord is ^(C)the Maker of them all.
^3 (D)The prudent sees danger and hides himself,
    but the simple go on and suffer for it.
⁴ The reward for humility and fear of the Lord
    is ^(E)riches and honor and life.^[a]
5 (F)Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked;
    whoever ^(G)guards his soul will keep far from them.
^6 (H)Train up a child in the way he should go;
    even when he is old he will not depart from it.
^7 (I)The rich rules over the poor,
    and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
⁸ Whoever ^(J)sows injustice will reap calamity,
    and ^(K)the rod of his fury will fail.
^9 (L)Whoever has a bountiful^[b] eye will be blessed,
    for he ^(M)shares his bread with the poor.
^10 (N)Drive out a scoffer, ^(O)and strife will go out,
    and ^(P)quarreling and abuse will cease.
¹¹ He who ^(Q)loves purity of heart,
    and whose ^(R)speech is gracious, ^(S)will have the king as his friend.
¹² The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,
    but he ^(T)overthrows the words of the traitor.
^13 (U)The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!
    I shall be killed in the streets!”
¹⁴ The mouth of ^(V)forbidden^[c] women is ^(W)a deep pit;
    ^(X)he with whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.
¹⁵ Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
    but ^(Y)the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
¹⁶ Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth,
    or gives to the rich, ^(Z)will only come to poverty.