² The ^[a]wrath of a king is like the roaring of a lion;
Whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own life.

^3 (B)It is honorable for a man to stop striving,
Since any fool can start a quarrel.

^4 (C)The lazy man will not plow because of winter;
^(D)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 ^[b]goodness,
But who can find a faithful man?

^7 (E)The righteous man walks in his integrity;
^(F)His children are blessed after him.

⁸ A king who sits on the throne of judgment
Scatters all evil with his eyes.

^9 (G)Who can say, “I have made my heart clean,
I am pure from my sin”?

^10 (H)Diverse weights and diverse measures,
They are both alike, an abomination to the Lord.

¹¹ Even a child is ^(I)known by his deeds,
Whether what he does is pure and right.

^12 (J)The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
The Lord has made them both.

^13 (K)Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty;
Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.

¹⁴ “It is ^[c]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 ^(L)the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

^16 (M)Take the garment of one who is surety for a stranger,
And hold it as a pledge when it is for a seductress.

^17 (N)Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man,
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

^18 (O)Plans are established by counsel;
^(P)By wise counsel wage war.

^19 (Q)He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets;
Therefore do not associate with one ^(R)who flatters with his lips.

^20 (S)Whoever curses his father or his mother,
^(T)His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.

^21 (U)An inheritance gained hastily at the beginning
^(V)Will not be blessed at the end.

^22 (W)Do not say, “I will ^[d]recompense evil”;
^(X)Wait for the Lord, and He will save you.

² The ^(B)rich and the poor have this in common,
The ^(C)Lord is the maker of them all.

³ A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself,
But the simple pass on and are ^(D)punished.

⁴ By humility and the fear of the Lord
Are riches and honor and life.

⁵ Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
He who guards his soul will be far from them.

^6 (E)Train up a child in the way he should go,
^[a]And when he is old he will not depart from it.

⁷ The ^(F)rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.

⁸ He who sows iniquity will reap ^(G)sorrow,^[b]
And the rod of his anger will fail.

^9 (H)He who has a ^[c]generous eye will be ^(I)blessed,
For he gives of his bread to the poor.

^10 (J)Cast out the scoffer, and contention will leave;
Yes, strife and reproach will cease.

^11 (K)He who loves purity of heart
And has grace on his lips,
The king will be his friend.

¹² The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge,
But He overthrows the words of the faithless.

^13 (L)The lazy man says, “There is a lion outside!
I shall be slain in the streets!”

^14 (M)The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit;
^(N)He who is abhorred by the Lord will fall there.

¹⁵ Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
^(O)The rod of correction will drive it far from him.

¹⁶ He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches,
And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.