Proverbs-20

(World English Bible)

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  • 1 Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
  • 2 The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
  • 3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.
  • 4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall 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 Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?
  • 7 A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.
  • 8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
  • 9 Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?”
  • 10 Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
  • 11 Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
  • 12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them.
  • 13 Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
  • 14 “It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
  • 15 There is gold and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
  • 16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
  • 17 Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
  • 18 Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
  • 19 He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
  • 20 Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
  • 21 An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won’t be blessed in the end.
  • 22 Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.
  • 23 Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
  • 24 A man’s steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?
  • 25 It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.
  • 26 A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.
  • 27 The spirit of man is Yahweh’s lamp, searching all his innermost parts.
  • 28 Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.
  • 29 The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
  • 30 Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.
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