Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

Do not say, "I will repay evil"; wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.

Unequal weights are an abomination to the LORD, and false scales are not good.

A wise king winnows the wicked and drives the wheel over them.

Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean the innermost parts.

Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his throne is upheld.

A man's steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way?

It is a snare to say rashly, "It is holy," and to reflect only after making vows.

The righteous who walks in his integrity-- blessed are his children after him!

The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts.

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

Even a child makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.

Who can say, "I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin"?

If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.

Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler.

The purpose in a man's heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.

The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life.

Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find?

The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.

Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.

The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the LORD has made them both.

Plans are established by counsel; by wise guidance wage war.

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

Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.

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

Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.

There is gold and abundance of costly stones, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

"Bad, bad," says the buyer, but when he goes away, then he boasts.