Proverbs-20

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  • 1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
  • 2 The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life.
  • 3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
  • 4 The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
  • 5 The purpose in a man's heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
  • 6 Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find?
  • 7 The righteous who walks in his integrity— blessed are his children after him!
  • 8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes.
  • 9 Who can say, "I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin"?
  • 10 Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
  • 11 Even a child makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.
  • 12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the Lord has made them both.
  • 13 Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
  • 14 "Bad, bad," says the buyer, but when he goes away, then he boasts.
  • 15 There is gold and abundance of costly stones, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
  • 16 Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.
  • 17 Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.
  • 18 Plans are established by counsel; by wise guidance wage war.
  • 19 Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler.
  • 20 If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
  • 21 An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
  • 22 Do not say, "I will repay evil"; wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.
  • 23 Unequal weights are an abomination to the Lord , and false scales are not good.
  • 24 A man's steps are from the Lord ; how then can man understand his way?
  • 25 It is a snare to say rashly, "It is holy," and to reflect only after making vows.
  • 26 A wise king winnows the wicked and drives the wheel over them.
  • 27 The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord , searching all his innermost parts.
  • 28 Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his throne is upheld.
  • 29 The glory of young men is their strength, but the splendor of old men is their gray hair.
  • 30 Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean the innermost parts.
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