• Hope in Yahweh and He Will Save You

  • 1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
  • 2 The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; He who provokes him to anger sins against his own soul.
  • 3 It is a glory for a man to cease quarreling, But any ignorant fool will break out in dispute.
  • 4 The sluggard does not plow from winter on, So he begs during the harvest and has nothing.
  • 5 Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water, But a man of discernment draws it out.
  • 6 Many a man will call out his own lovingkindness, But a faithful man, who can find?
  • 7 A righteous man who walks in his integrity— How blessed are his sons after him.
  • 8 A king who sits on the throne of justice Disperses all evil with his eyes.
  • 9 Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure, I am clean from my sin”?
  • 10 Differing weights and differing measures, Both of them are an abomination to Yahweh.
  • 11 It is by his deeds that a young man makes himself known If his conduct is pure and right.
  • 12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made both of them.
  • 13 Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with food.
  • 14 “Bad, bad,” says the buyer, But when he goes his way, then he boasts.
  • 15 There is gold, and an abundance of pearls; But the lips of knowledge are a more precious vessel.
  • 16 Take his garment when he becomes a guarantor for a stranger; And for foreigners, hold him in pledge.
  • 17 Bread obtained by lying is sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
  • 18 Thoughts are established by counsel, So make war by guidance.
  • 19 He who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets, Therefore do not associate with one of loose lips.
  • 20 He who curses his father or his mother, His lamp will go out in the midst of darkness.
  • 21 An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginning In the end will not be blessed.
  • 22 Do not say, “I will repay evil”; Hope in Yahweh, and He will save you.
  • 23 Differing weights are an abomination to Yahweh, And a deceitful balance is not good.
  • 24 The steps of a man are from Yahweh, How then can man understand his way?
  • 25 It is a trap for a man to say rashly, “It is holy!” And after the vows to make inquiry.
  • 26 A wise king winnows the wicked, And turns the threshing wheel over them.
  • 27 The breath of man is the lamp of Yahweh, Searching all the innermost parts of his body.
  • 28 Lovingkindness and truth will guard the king, And he upholds his throne by lovingkindness.
  • 29 The honor of young men is their strength, And the majesty of old men is their gray hair.
  • 30 Stripes that wound scour away evil, And strokes reach the innermost parts of the body.