Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
24 Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
29 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
1Nsã yɛ ɔfɛwdifoɔ, nsaden yɛ basabasayɛ: na obiara a ɛdaadaa no no nyɛ onyansafoɔ.Under pastoral review
2Ɔhene ho suro te sɛ gyata mmobom: deɛ ɔhyɛ no abufuo no yɛ bɔne tia n'ankasa ne kra.Under pastoral review
3Ɛyɛ animuonyam ma onipa sɛ ɔbɛgyae akasakasa: nanso ɔkwasea biara de ne ho hyɛ mu.Under pastoral review
4Ɔkwadwofoɔ rentu afuo ɛsiane awɔ enti; ɛno enti ɔbɛsrɛ adeɛ otwaberɛ mu, na ɔrennya hwee.Under pastoral review
5Afotuo a ɛwɔ onipa akoma mu te sɛ nsuo a emu dɔ; nanso onipa a ɔwɔ nteaseɛ bɛsaw.Under pastoral review
6Nnipa dodoɔ no ara bɛbɔ wɔn ankasa papayɛ ho dawuro: nanso onipa nokwafoɔ, hwan na ɔbɛhunu no?Under pastoral review
7Ɔteneneeni nante ne nokwaredi mu: nhyira nka ne mma a wɔdi n'akyi.Under pastoral review
8Ɔhene a ɔte atemmuo ahennwa so de n'ani hwete bɔne nyinaa.Under pastoral review
9Hwan na ɔbɛtumi aka sɛ, Mate m'akoma ho, me ho te firi me bɔne ho?Under pastoral review
10Nkariboɔ ahodoɔ, ne nsusudua ahodoɔ, ne baanu nyinaa yɛ AWURADE akyiwadeɛ.Under pastoral review
11Abɔfra mpo, ne nneyɛeɛ so na wɔhunu no, sɛ n'adwuma yɛ kronn anaa, na sɛ ɛtene anaa.Under pastoral review
12Aso a ɛte asɛm, ne ani a ɛhunu adeɛ, AWURADE na wayɛ ne baanu nyinaa.Under pastoral review
13Mmfa wo dɔ nkɔ nna so, na woankɔ hia mu; bue w'ani, na aduane bɛmee wo.Under pastoral review
14Ɛnyɛ hwee, ɛnyɛ hwee, ɔtɔfoɔ na ɔseɛ: nanso sɛ ɔkɔ ne kwan a, ɛnna ɔhoahoa ne ho.Under pastoral review
15Sika kɔkɔɔ wɔ hɔ, ne abohemaa bebree: nanso nimdeɛ anofafa yɛ agudeɛ a ɛsom bo.Under pastoral review
16Gye deɛ ɔdi ɔhɔhoɔ akagyinamu no atadeɛ: na gye no awowa wɔ ɔbaa hɔhoɔ ho.Under pastoral review
17Nnaadaa aduane yɛ onipa dɛ; nanso akyire no mmosea bɛhyɛ n'ano ma.Under pastoral review
18Afotuo so na wɔde tim nhyehyɛeɛ biara: na fa afotuo pa ko ɔsa.Under pastoral review
19Deɛ ɔkyinkyin sɛ nsekudifoɔ no da kokoamsɛm adi: ɛno enti mfa wo ho mmɔ deɛ ɔde n'anofafa daadaa no ho.Under pastoral review
20Deɛ ɔdome n'agya anaa ne maame no, wɔbɛdum ne kanea wɔ esum kabii mu.Under pastoral review
21Wɔbɛtumi anya agyapadeɛ ntɛm wɔ ahyɛaseɛ; nanso nhyira remmɛka n'awieeɛ ho.Under pastoral review
22Nka sɛ, Mɛtua bɔne so ka; na twɛn AWURADE, na ɔbɛgye wo.Under pastoral review
23Nkariboɔ ahodoɔ yɛ AWURADE akyiwadeɛ; na nsania a ɛyɛ nnaadaa nyɛ papa.Under pastoral review
24Onipa anammɔntuo firi AWURADE; na ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na onipa bɛte n'ankasa ne kwan ase?Under pastoral review
25Ɛyɛ afidie ma onipa sɛ ɔbɛmene adeɛ kronkron, na bɔhyɛ akyi na ɔbɛbisa.Under pastoral review
26Ɔhene nyansafoɔ hwete adebɔneyɛfoɔ, na ɔde ntwahonan fa wɔn so.Under pastoral review
27Onipa honhom yɛ AWURADE kanea, ɛhwehwɛ yafunu mu nneɛma nyinaa mu.Under pastoral review
28Mmɔborɔhunu ne nokorɛ bɔ ɔhene ho ban: na mmɔborɔhunu na ɛkura n'ahennwa mu.Under pastoral review
29Mmeranteɛ animuonyam ne wɔn ahoɔden: na mmasiriwa ahoɔfɛ ne tirinwi fitaa.Under pastoral review
30Ɔpira a ɛyɛ bruu hohoro bɔne: saa ara na mmaa hohoro yafunu mu nneɛma.Under pastoral review