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1Wine is a mocker, beer is a brawler; whoever goes astray because of them is not wise.

1Wine causes mocking, and beer causes fights; everyone led astray by them lacks wisdom.

2A king's terrible wrath is like the roaring of a lion; anyone who provokes him endangers himself.

2A king's anger is like a lion's roar; anyone who angers him forfeits his life.

3Honor belongs to the person who ends a dispute, but any fool can get himself into a quarrel.

3Avoiding strife brings a man honor, but every fool is quarrelsome.

4The slacker does not plow during planting season; at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing.

4A lazy person doesn't plow in the proper season; he looks for a harvest, but there is nothing.

5Counsel in a person's heart is deep water; but a person of understanding draws it out.

5The intentions of a person's heart are deep waters, but a discerning person reveals them.

6Many a person proclaims his own loyalty, but who can find a trustworthy person?

6Many claim "I'm a loyal person!" but who can find someone who truly is?

7A righteous person acts with integrity; his children who come after him will be happy.

7The righteous person lives a life of integrity; happy are his children who follow him!

8A king sitting on a throne to judge separates out all evil with his eyes.

8A king sits on a throne of justice, sifting out all sorts of evil with his glance.

9Who can say, "I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin"?

9Who can say, "My intentions are pure; I am clean from any sin?"

10Differing weights and varying measures--both are detestable to the LORD.

10FALSE weights and measures— the LORD surely detests both of them.

11Even a young man is known by his actions--by whether his behavior is pure and upright.

11Even a child is known by his actions, whether his deeds are pure and right.

12The hearing ear and the seeing eye--the LORD made them both.

12The ear that hears and the eye that sees— the LORD surely made them both.

13Don't love sleep, or you will become poor; open your eyes, and you'll have enough to eat.

13Do not love sleep or you'll become poor, keep your eyes open and you'll have plenty of food.

14"It's worthless, it's worthless!" the buyer says, but after he is on his way, he gloats.

14"This is bad, bad," says whoever is buying— but then he brags as he walks away after the sale.

15There is gold and a multitude of jewels, but knowledgeable lips are a rare treasure.

15There is an abundance of gold and precious stones, but lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

16Take his garment, for he has put up security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for foreigners.

16Take the garment of anyone who puts up collateral for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for an unfamiliar woman.

17Food gained by fraud is sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth is full of gravel.

17Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but later his mouth will be full of gravel.

18Finalize plans with counsel, and wage war with sound guidance.

18Make plans by seeking advice; make war by obtaining guidance.

19The one who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid someone with a big mouth.

19Whoever spreads gossip betrays confidences; so don't get involved with someone who talks too much.

20Whoever curses his father or mother-- his lamp will go out in deep darkness.

20Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the deepest darkness.

21An inheritance gained prematurely will not be blessed ultimately.

21An inheritance quickly obtained at the beginning will not be blessed at the end.

22Don't say, "I will avenge this evil!" Wait on the LORD, and he will rescue you.

22Don't say "I'll avenge that wrong!" Wait on the LORD and he will deliver you.

23Differing weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are unfair.

23The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not good.

24Even a courageous person's steps are determined by the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own way?

24A man's steps are directed by the LORD; how then can anyone understand his own way?

25It is a trap for anyone to dedicate something rashly and later to reconsider his vows.

25It is a trap for a person to declare quickly, "This is sacred," and only later to have second thoughts about the vows.

26A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them.

26A wise king sifts the wicked, crushing them with the threshing wheel.

27The LORD's lamp sheds light on a person's life, searching the innermost parts.

27A person's spirit is the lamp of the LORD; it searches throughout one's innermost being.

28Loyalty and faithfulness guard a king; through loyalty he maintains his throne.

28Gracious love and truth preserve a king; through love his throne is made secure.

29The glory of young men is their strength, and the splendor of old men is gray hair.

29The glory of young men is their strength; and the splendor of elders is their gray hair.

30Lashes and wounds purge away evil, and beatings cleanse the innermost parts.

30Blows that wound clean away evil; such beatings cleanse the innermost being.

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