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¹Wine makes people mock and strong drink makes them rowdy; \q no one who reels under them is wise. ²A king’s fury is like a lion’s roar; \q anyone who angers him puts their own life at risk. ³Staying out of a fight brings honor, \q but every fool is ready to burst into one. ⁴The lazy will not plow in the cold season; \q at harvest they look for a crop and find nothing. ⁵A person’s real intentions lie deep, like water in a well, \q but someone with understanding can bring them up. ⁶Plenty of people speak of their own loyalty, \q but who can find one who is really faithful? ⁷The righteous live with integrity; \q how blessed are their children after them! ⁸A king seated on his judgment throne \q sifts out every evil with a look. ⁹Who can say, “My heart is pure; \q I am cleansed of my sin”? ¹⁰Two sets of weights, two sizes of measure: \q the LORD detests them both. ¹¹Even the young show who they are by what they do, \q whether their conduct is pure and right. ¹²The ear that hears and the eye that sees: \q the LORD is the maker of both. ¹³Do not love sleep, or you will end up poor; \q keep your eyes open, and you will have food to spare. ¹⁴“No good, no good,” says the buyer, \q then goes off and boasts about the bargain. ¹⁵There is gold, and jewels in abundance, \q but lips that speak knowledge are a rarer treasure. ¹⁶Take the coat of one who puts up security for a stranger; \q if they do it for a foreign woman, hold it as a pledge. ¹⁷Bread won by deceit tastes sweet at first, \q but afterward it fills the mouth with grit. ¹⁸Make your plans firm by taking counsel, \q and wage war only with wise guidance. ¹⁹A gossip goes around giving away secrets, \q so have nothing to do with a person who cannot keep their mouth shut. ²⁰Those who curse their father or mother \q will have their lamp snuffed out in deep darkness. ²¹An inheritance grabbed too early \q will not be blessed in the end.^{a 22}Do not say, “I will pay back this wrong!” \q Wait for the LORD, and he will rescue you. ²³The LORD detests two sets of weights; \q cheating scales are wrong. ²⁴The LORD directs each person’s steps, \q so how can anyone make sense of where they are going? ²⁵It is a trap to declare something holy without thinking \q and to have second thoughts only after making the vow. ²⁶A wise king sifts the wicked like grain \q and rolls the threshing wheel over them. ²⁷The human spirit is the lamp of the LORD, \q shining into every hidden part of a person.^{b 28}Loyal love and faithfulness keep a king safe; \q by loyal love he makes his throne secure. ²⁹Young men take pride in their strength; \q the old wear gray hair as their honor. ³⁰Blows that wound scour away evil, \q and beatings cleanse the inner self.