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20Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler,
   and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
² The dread anger of a king is like the growling of a lion;
   anyone who provokes him to anger forfeits life itself.
³ It is honourable to refrain from strife,
   but every fool is quick to quarrel.
⁴ The lazy person does not plough in season;
   harvest comes, and there is nothing to be found.
⁵ The purposes in the human mind are like deep water,
   but the intelligent will draw them out.
⁶ Many proclaim themselves loyal,
   but who can find one worthy of trust?
⁷ The righteous walk in integrity—
   happy are the children who follow them!
⁸ A king who sits on the throne of judgement
   winnows all evil with his eyes.
⁹ Who can say, ‘I have made my heart clean;
   I am pure from my sin’?
¹⁰ Diverse weights and diverse measures
   are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
¹¹ Even children make themselves known by their acts,
   by whether what they do is pure and right.