20Proverbs 20

1Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith, shall not be wise.Select Proverbs 20:1

2As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul.Select Proverbs 20:2

3It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but all fools are meddling with reproaches.Select Proverbs 20:3

4Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.Select Proverbs 20:4

5Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out.Select Proverbs 20:5

6Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man?Select Proverbs 20:6

7The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him blessed children.Select Proverbs 20:7

8The king, that sitteth on the throne of judgment, scattereth away all evil with his look.Select Proverbs 20:8

9Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin?Select Proverbs 20:9

10Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God.Select Proverbs 20:10

11By his inclinations a child is known, if his works be clean and right.Select Proverbs 20:11

12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made them both.Select Proverbs 20:12

13Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.Select Proverbs 20:13

14It is naught, it is naught, saith every buyer: and when he is gone away, then he will boast.Select Proverbs 20:14

15There is gold and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.Select Proverbs 20:15

16Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers.Select Proverbs 20:16

17The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.Select Proverbs 20:17

18Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments.Select Proverbs 20:18

19Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.Select Proverbs 20:19

20He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness.Select Proverbs 20:20

21The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing.Select Proverbs 20:21

22Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord, and he will deliver thee.Select Proverbs 20:22

23Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.Select Proverbs 20:23

24The steps of men are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?Select Proverbs 20:24

25It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract.Select Proverbs 20:25

26A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth over them the wheel.Select Proverbs 20:26

27The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, which searcheth all the hidden things of the bowels.Select Proverbs 20:27

28Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency.Select Proverbs 20:28

29The joy of young men is their strength: and the dignity of old men, their grey hairs.Select Proverbs 20:29

30The blueness of a wound shall wipe away evils: and stripes in the more inward parts of the belly.Select Proverbs 20:30