Wine Is a Mocker 1 CPDV It is a luxurious thing, wine, and inebriation is tumultuous. Anyone who is delighted by this will not be wise. BSB BSB: Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
2 CPDV Just like the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king. Whoever provokes him sins in his own soul. BSB BSB: The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
3 CPDV Honor is for the man who separates himself from contentions. But all the foolish meddle in altercations. BSB BSB: It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.
4 CPDV Because of the cold, the lazy one was not willing to plough. Therefore, in the summer, he will beg, and it will not be given to him. BSB BSB: The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
5 CPDV Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep waters. But a wise man will draw it out. BSB BSB: The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.
6 CPDV Many men are called merciful. But who will find a faithful man? BSB BSB: Many a man proclaims his loving devotion, but who can find a trustworthy man?
7 CPDV The just who walks in his simplicity shall leave behind him blessed sons. BSB BSB: The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.
8 CPDV The king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters all evil with his gaze. BSB BSB: A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.
9 CPDV Who is able to say: “My heart is clean. I am pure from sin?” BSB BSB: Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?
10 CPDV Diverse weights, diverse measures: both are abominable with God. BSB BSB: Differing weights and unequal measures—both are detestable to the LORD.
11 CPDV A child may be understood by his interests: whether his works may be clean and upright. BSB BSB: Even a young man is known by his actions—whether his conduct is pure and upright.
12 CPDV The hearing ear and the seeing eye: the Lord has made them both. BSB BSB: Ears that hear and eyes that see—the LORD has made them both.
13 CPDV Do not love sleep, lest deprivation oppress you. Open your eyes and be satisfied with bread. BSB BSB: Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
14 CPDV “It is bad, it is bad,” says every buyer; and when he has withdrawn, then he will boast. BSB BSB: “Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.
15 CPDV There is gold, and there are a multitude of jewels. But lips of knowledge are a precious vessel. BSB BSB: There is an abundance of gold and rubies, but lips of knowledge are a rare treasure.
16 CPDV Take away the vestments of him who stands up to vouch for a stranger, and take a pledge from him instead of from outsiders. BSB BSB: Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
17 CPDV The bread of lies is sweet to a man. But afterwards, his mouth will be filled with pebbles. BSB BSB: Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.
18 CPDV Plans are strengthened by counsels. And wars are to be handled by governments. BSB BSB: Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
19 CPDV Do not become involved with him who reveals mysteries, and who walks deceitfully, and who enlarges his lips. BSB BSB: He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
20 CPDV Whoever curses his father and mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the midst of darkness. BSB BSB: Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
21 CPDV When an inheritance is obtained hastily in the beginning, in the end it will be without a blessing. BSB BSB: An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
22 CPDV Do not say, “I will repay evil.” Wait for the Lord, and he will free you. BSB BSB: Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.
23 CPDV Diverse weights are an abomination with the Lord. A deceitful balance is not good. BSB BSB: Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
24 CPDV The steps of men are directed by the Lord. But who is the man able to understand his own way? BSB BSB: A man’s steps are from the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own way?
25 CPDV It is ruin for a man to devour what is holy, or, after making vows, to retract them. BSB BSB: It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly, only later to reconsider his vows.
26 CPDV A wise king scatters the impious and bends an archway over them. BSB BSB: A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them.
27 CPDV The spirit of a man is a lamp to the Lord, which investigates all the secrets of the inner self. BSB BSB: The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being.
28 CPDV Mercy and truth guard the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency. BSB BSB: Loving devotion and faithfulness preserve a king; by these he maintains his throne.
29 CPDV The joy of youths is their strength. And the dignity of old men is their grey hairs. BSB BSB: The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.
30 CPDV The bruise of a wound, as well as scourges, shall wipe away evils in the more secret places of the inner self. BSB BSB: Lashes and wounds scour evil, and beatings cleanse the inmost parts.
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