² A king’s anger is like the roar of a lion.
    Making him angry may cost you your life.

⁴ A lazy farmer doesn’t plow when he should.
    So at harvest time he has no crop.

⁸ A king sits on his throne and judges people.
    He knows evil when he sees it.

¹² The Lord has made both these things:
    Ears that can hear and eyes that can see.

¹⁴ The buyer says, “This is bad. It’s no good.”
    Then he goes away and brags about what he bought.

¹⁶ Take the coat of someone who promises to pay what a stranger owes.
    Keep it until he pays the stranger’s bills.

²⁶ A wise king finds out who the evil people are.
    Then he punishes them.