Wine Is a Mocker 1 UDB Wine makes you loud and strong drink makes you foolish; whoever lets alcohol lead them to where they get lost is not wise. BSB BSB: Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
2 UDB The king's wrath makes people as afraid as if they were facing a young lion roaring at them; the person who makes a king angry is giving up his own life. BSB BSB: The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
3 UDB It is an honor to stay out of an argument, but every fool is ready to join one. BSB BSB: It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.
4 UDB The lazy person is not willing to plow his crops again in autumn, and when it is harvest time, he looks but there is nothing growing in his field. BSB BSB: The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
5 UDB The purposes within a person's life are like waters in a deep well, but a person who has understanding is able to draw them out. BSB BSB: The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.
6 UDB Many people proclaim that they can be trusted to do what they promise, but it is very difficult to find one who can really be trusted. BSB BSB: Many a man proclaims his loving devotion, but who can find a trustworthy man?
7 UDB The person who always does right— how fortunate will be his children who follow after him. BSB BSB: The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.
8 UDB A king who sits on his throne to act as a judge can distinguish between all the kinds of evil before him just by looking at them. BSB BSB: A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.
9 UDB No one can truthfully say, "I have kept my heart pure, and I am free from my sins." BSB BSB: Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?
10 UDB Uneven weights that are improperly marked and unequal measures that favor the one who is selling— Yahweh hates both of them. BSB BSB: Differing weights and unequal measures—both are detestable to the LORD.
11 UDB Also, even a youth is known by how what he does, it is clear whether what he does is pure and respectable or not. BSB BSB: Even a young man is known by his actions—whether his conduct is pure and upright.
12 UDB Ears that hear and eyes that see— Yahweh made them both. BSB BSB: Ears that hear and eyes that see—the LORD has made them both.
13 UDB If you love to sleep all the time, you will become poor; stay awake when you should be at work and you will have plenty to eat. BSB BSB: Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
14 UDB "It is no good," the buyer says when he is bargaining with you about the price. But after he buys it, he goes and boasts to his friends what a good price he paid for it. BSB BSB: “Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.
15 UDB Consider the value of gold and many expensive jewels, but the words of the one who has knowledge are like precious jewels. BSB BSB: There is an abundance of gold and rubies, but lips of knowledge are a rare treasure.
16 UDB Take the expensive coat of the person who guarantees a loan for a stranger so it can be sold if the debt is not paid back, and if he makes a pledge for an immoral woman, hold his coat as a guarantee for the loan he makes. BSB BSB: Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
17 UDB Bread gotten by telling a lie may taste sweet, but later his mouth will be like it was full of gravel because of his lies. BSB BSB: Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.
18 UDB Good plans are made in consultation with good advisors, and only with wise advisors giving their advice should anyone go to war. BSB BSB: Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
19 UDB A gossip tells secrets, so stay away from people who talk too much. BSB BSB: He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
20 UDB If a person curses his father or his mother, his life will be put out as a light that is snuffed out. BSB BSB: Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
21 UDB An inheritance that comes to a person quickly may do some good at the beginning, but later it will do less good for the person who received it. BSB BSB: An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
22 UDB Do not say, "I will pay you back for the wrong you did to me." Wait for Yahweh and he will take care of the matter. BSB BSB: Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.
23 UDB Yahweh detests those who use dishonest scales and weights that are not accurate. BSB BSB: Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
24 UDB Yahweh is the one who directs the way a person will go. So then, how can someone understand where he is going? BSB BSB: A man’s steps are from the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own way?
25 UDB It is dangerous to declare that something is holy to Yahweh, and it is worse to think about the meaning of holiness only after you have made a vow. BSB BSB: It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly, only later to reconsider his vows.
26 UDB A king who is wise will separate wicked people from among his people; then he will severely punish those wicked people. BSB BSB: A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them.
27 UDB The life-giving spirit within a man is the light shining from Yahweh within us; it shines deep within and shows what is hidden deep inside us. BSB BSB: The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being.
28 UDB Love and faithfulness preserve the life of the king; his throne is made strong by steadfast love. BSB BSB: Loving devotion and faithfulness preserve a king; by these he maintains his throne.
29 UDB The honor of young people is seen in how strong they are, but the splendor of old people is in their gray hair. BSB BSB: The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.
30 UDB When we are beaten, the wound that results may cleanse away evil, and beatings make our inmost self clean. BSB BSB: Lashes and wounds scour evil, and beatings cleanse the inmost parts.
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