² The terror of a king is like ^(A)the growling of a lion;
    whoever provokes him to anger ^(B)forfeits his life.

^4 (A)The sluggard does not plow in the autumn;
    ^(B)he will seek at harvest and have nothing.

^8 (A)A king who sits on the throne of judgment
    ^(B)winnows all evil with his eyes.

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

¹⁴ “Bad, bad,” says the buyer,
    but when he goes away, then he boasts.

^16 (A)Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger,
    and ^(B)hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.^[a]

²⁶ A wise king ^(A)winnows the wicked
    and drives ^(B)the wheel over them.