20 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler,
    and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.^(A)
2 The dread anger of a king is like the growling of a lion;
    anyone who provokes him to anger forfeits life itself.^(B)
3 It is honorable to refrain from strife,
    but every fool is quick to quarrel.^(C)
4 The lazy person does not plow in season;
    harvest comes, and there is nothing to be found.^(D)
5 The purposes in the human mind are like deep water,
    but the intelligent will draw them out.^(E)
6 Many proclaim themselves loyal,
    but who can find one worthy of trust?^(F)
7 The righteous walk in integrity—
    happy are the children who follow them!^(G)
8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment
    winnows all evil with his eyes.
⁹ Who can say, “I have made my heart clean;
    I am pure from my sin”?^(H)
10 Diverse weights and diverse measures
    are both alike an abomination to the Lord.^(I)
11 Even children make themselves known by their acts,
    by whether what they do is pure and right.^(J)
12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye—
    the Lord has made them both.^(K)
13 Do not love sleep, or else you will come to poverty;
    open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.^(L)
14 “Bad, bad,” says the buyer,
    then goes away and boasts.
¹⁵ There is gold and abundance of costly stones,
    but the lips informed by knowledge are a precious jewel.
¹⁶ Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger;
    seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.
¹⁷ Bread gained by deceit is sweet,
    but afterward the mouth will be full of gravel.^(M)
18 Plans are established by taking advice;
    wage war by following wise guidance.^(N)
19 A gossip reveals secrets;
    therefore do not associate with a babbler.^(O)
20 If you curse father or mother,
    your lamp will go out in utter darkness.^(P)
21 An estate quickly acquired in the beginning
    will not be blessed in the end.^(Q)
22 Do not say, “I will repay evil”;
    wait for the Lord, and he will help you.^(R)

22 A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
    and favor is better than silver or gold.^(A)
2 The rich and the poor have this in common:
    the Lord is the maker of them all.
³ The clever see danger and hide,
    but the simple go on and suffer for it.
⁴ The reward for humility and fear of the Lord
    is riches and honor and life.
⁵ Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
    the cautious will keep far from them.^(B)
6 Train children in the right way,
    and when old, they will not stray.^(C)
7 The rich rule over the poor,
    and the borrower is the slave of the lender.^(D)
8 Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity,
    and the rod of anger will fail.^(E)
9 Those who are generous are blessed,
    for they share their bread with the poor.^(F)
10 Drive out a scoffer, and strife goes out;
    quarreling and abuse will cease.^(G)
11 Those who love a pure heart and are gracious in speech
    will have the king as a friend.^(H)
12 The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,
    but he overthrows the words of the faithless.^(I)
13 The lazy person says, “There is a lion outside!
    I shall be killed in the streets!”^(J)
14 The mouth of a loose woman^[a] is a deep pit;
    he with whom the Lord is angry falls into it.
¹⁵ Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
    but the rod of discipline drives it far away.^(K)
16 Oppressing the poor in order to enrich oneself,
    and giving to the rich, will lead only to loss.