² The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion;
He who provokes him to anger ^[a](A)forfeits his own life.

⁴ The ^(A)sluggard does not plow after the autumn,
So he ^[a]begs during the harvest and has nothing.

^8 (A)A king who sits on the throne of justice
^[a]Disperses all evil with his eyes.

¹² The hearing ^(A)ear and the seeing eye,
The Lord has made both of them.

¹⁴ “Bad, bad,” says the buyer,
But when he goes his way, then he boasts.

¹⁶ Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger;
And for foreigners, hold him in pledge.

²⁶ A ^(A)wise king winnows the wicked,
And ^[a]drives the ^(B)threshing wheel over them.