Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.
He that wasteth [his] father, [and] chaseth away [his] mother, [is] a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction [that causeth] to err from the words of knowledge.
An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoso] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.
[It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.
Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
