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20Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler,
and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
²The dread anger of a king is like the growling of a lion;
anyone who provokes him to anger forfeits life itself.
³It is honorable to refrain from strife,
but every fool is quick to quarrel.
⁴The lazy person does not plow in season;
harvest comes, and there is nothing to be found.
⁵The purposes in the human mind are like deep water,
but the intelligent will draw them out.
⁶Many proclaim themselves loyal,
but who can find one worthy of trust?
⁷The righteous walk in integrity—
happy are the children who follow them!
⁸A king who sits on the throne of judgment
winnows all evil with his eyes.
⁹Who can say, “I have made my heart clean;
I am pure from my sin”?
¹⁰Diverse weights and diverse measures
are both alike an abomination to the Lord.