Proverbs

¹ a staggering drunk is not much fun.

² cross them and they bite your head off.

³ but fools love to pick fights.

⁴ has nothing to harvest in the fall.

⁵ a wise person draws from the well within.

⁶ but where on earth can you find one?

⁷ make it much easier for their children.

⁸ keep a sharp eye out for the shoddy and cheap,

⁹ to be always diligent and honest?

¹⁰ are two things God hates.

¹¹ if their motives are on the up and up.

¹² we get our basic equipment from God!

¹³ Wake up and get up; then there'll be food on the table.

¹⁴ then goes off boasting of the bargain.

¹⁵ is better than adorning oneself with gold and rare gems.

¹⁶ beware of accepting what a transient has pawned.

¹⁷ but soon your mouth is full of gravel.

¹⁸ then carry it out using all the help you can get.

¹⁹ so never confide in blabbermouths.

²⁰ extinguishes light and exists benighted.

²¹ is no guarantee of blessing at the end.

²² Wait for God; he'll settle the score.

²³ rigged scales are an outrage.

²⁴ otherwise how would we know where we're going?

²⁵ later you'll wish you could get out of it.

²⁶ makes a clean sweep of rebels and dolts.

²⁷ watching and examining us inside and out.

²⁸ sound leadership is founded on loving integrity.

²⁹ but gray hair gives prestige to old age.

³⁰ punishment goes deep within us.