od Crossway1Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.[1] (Rdz 9,21; Przyp 23,29; Przyp 31,4; Iz 28,7; Oz 4,11)2The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life. (Lb 16,38; Przyp 8,36; Przyp 19,12; Ha 2,10)3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling. (Przyp 17,14)4The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing. (Przyp 6,11; Przyp 19,15; Przyp 19,24)5The purpose in a man’s heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out. (Przyp 18,4)6Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find? (Ps 12,1; Przyp 25,14; Mt 6,2; Łk 18,11)7The righteous who walks in his integrity— blessed are his children after him! (1 Krl 15,4; Ps 37,26; Ps 112,2; Przyp 19,1; Jer 33,20)8A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes. (Ps 101,5; Przyp 16,10; Przyp 20,26; Przyp 25,5)9Who can say, “I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin”? (1 Krl 8,46)10Unequal[2] weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord. (Przyp 11,1; Przyp 20,23)11Even a child makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.[3] (Mt 7,16)12The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the Lord has made them both. (Wj 4,11; Ps 94,9; Przyp 15,31; Przyp 25,12)13Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread. (Przyp 6,4; Przyp 12,11; Przyp 19,15; Przyp 20,4; Przyp 31,15; Rz 12,11)14“Bad, bad,” says the buyer, but when he goes away, then he boasts.15There is gold and abundance of costly stones, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. (Job 28,18; Przyp 3,14)16Take a man’s garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.[4] (Job 22,6; Przyp 6,1; Przyp 22,26; Przyp 27,13)17Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel. (Przyp 9,17; Lm 3,16)18Plans are established by counsel; by wise guidance wage war. (Przyp 11,14; Przyp 15,22; Przyp 24,6; Łk 14,31)19Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler.[5] (Przyp 11,13; Przyp 13,3; Rz 16,18)20If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness. (Wj 21,17; 2 Sm 21,17; Job 18,5; Przyp 30,11; Przyp 30,17)21An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end. (Przyp 13,11)22Do not say, “I will repay evil”; wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you. (Ps 27,14; Przyp 17,13; Przyp 24,29; Mt 5,39; Rz 12,17; Rz 12,19; 1 Tes 5,15; 1 P 3,9)23Unequal weights are an abomination to the Lord, and false scales are not good. (Przyp 11,1; Przyp 20,10)24A man’s steps are from the Lord; how then can man understand his way? (Przyp 16,9)25It is a snare to say rashly, “It is holy,” and to reflect only after making vows. (Kazn 5,4)26A wise king winnows the wicked and drives the wheel over them. (Iz 28,27; Mt 3,12)27The spirit[6] of man is the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts. (Przyp 18,8; So 1,12; 1 Kor 2,11)28Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his throne is upheld. (Przyp 3,3; Przyp 16,12)29The glory of young men is their strength, but the splendor of old men is their gray hair. (Przyp 16,31)30Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean the innermost parts. (Przyp 20,27; Iz 53,5)