Proverbs Chapter 20 Back Next{20:1} Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
{20:2} The terror of a king is like the roaring of a
lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
{20:3} It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.
{20:4} The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in
harvest, and have nothing.
{20:5} Counsel in the
heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
{20:6} Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a
faithful man?
{20:7} A righteous man walks in integrity.
Blessed are his children after him.
{20:8} A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
{20:9} Who can say, "I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?"
{20:10} Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an
abomination to Yahweh.
{20:11} Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
{20:12} The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them.
{20:13} Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with
bread.
{20:14} "It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
{20:15} There is
gold and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
{20:16} Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
{20:17} Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
{20:18} Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
{20:19} He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don't keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
{20:20} Whoever curses his
father or his mother, his
lamp shall be put out in blackness of
darkness.
{20:21} An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won't be blessed in the end.
{20:22} Don't say, "I will pay back evil." Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.
{20:23} Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
{20:24} A man's steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?
{20:25} It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.
{20:26} A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.
{20:27} The spirit of man is Yahweh's lamp, searching all his innermost parts.
{20:28} Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.
{20:29} The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
{20:30} Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.
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