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 It is honorable for a man to stop striving,
Since any fool can start a quarrel.

⁴ The lazy man will not plow because of winter;
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 The righteous man walks in his integrity;
His children are blessed after him.

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

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