Proverbs

¹Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; and whosoever erreth thereby is not wise. ²The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own life. ³It is an honour for a man to keep aloof from strife: but every fool will be quarrelling. ⁴The slothful will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. ⁵Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. ⁶Most men wilt proclaim every one his own kindness: but a faithful man who can find? ⁷A just man that walketh in his integrity, blessed are his children after him.