2  The terror of a king is like ^bthe growling of a lion;

whoever provokes him to anger ^cforfeits his life.

4  ^eThe sluggard does not plow in the autumn;

^fhe will seek at harvest and have nothing.

8  ^lA king who sits on the throne of judgment

^mwinnows all evil with his eyes.

12  ^qThe hearing ear and the seeing eye,

^rthe Lord has made them both.

14  “Bad, bad,” says the buyer,

but when he goes away, then he boasts.

16  ^xTake a man’s garment when he has put up security for a stranger,

and ^yhold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.¹

26  A wise king ^pwinnows the wicked

and drives ^qthe wheel over them.