1	Wine is a mocker# , strong drink is raging# : and whosoever is deceived# thereby is not wise# .
			2	The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger# sinneth# against his own soul.
			3	It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling# .
			4	The sluggard will not plow# by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg# # # # in harvest, and have nothing. [cold: or, winter]
			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# every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find# ? [goodness: or, bounty]
			7	The just man walketh# in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
			8	A king that sitteth in# the throne of judgment scattereth away# all evil with his eyes.
			9	Who can say# , I have made my heart clean# , I am pure# from my sin?
			10	Divers weights# , and divers measures# , both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. [Divers weights: Heb. A stone and a stone] [divers measures: Heb. an ephah and an ephah]
			11	Even a child is known# by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
			12	The hearing# ear, and the seeing# eye, the LORD hath made# even both of them.
			13	Love# not sleep, lest thou come to poverty# ; open# thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied# with bread.
			14	It is naught, it is naught, saith# the buyer# : but when he is gone# his way, then he boasteth# .
			15	There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
			16	Take# his garment that is surety# for a stranger# : and take a pledge# of him for a strange woman.
			17	Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled# with gravel. [deceit: Heb. lying, or, falsehood]
			18	Every purpose is established# by counsel: and with good advice make# war.
			19	He that goeth about# as a talebearer revealeth# secrets: therefore meddle# not with him that flattereth# with his lips. [flattereth: or, enticeth]
			20	Whoso curseth# his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out# in obscure# # darkness. [lamp: or, candle]
			21	An inheritance may be gotten hastily# # # # at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed# .
			22	Say# not thou, I will recompense# evil; but wait on# the LORD, and he shall save# thee.
			23	Divers weights# are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good. [a false...: Heb. balance of deceit]
			24	Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand# his own way?
			25	It is a snare to the man who devoureth# that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry# .
			26	A wise king scattereth# the wicked, and bringeth# the wheel over them.
			27	The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching# all the inward parts of the belly. [candle: or, lamp]
			28	Mercy and truth preserve# the king: and his throne is upholden# by mercy.
			29	The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
			30	The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. [cleanseth...: Heb. is a purging medicine against]