20Proverbs 20

1Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whoever is deceived by it is not wise.Select Proverbs 20:1

2The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoever] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.Select Proverbs 20:2

3[It is] an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.Select Proverbs 20:3

4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.Select Proverbs 20:4

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

6Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?Select Proverbs 20:6

7The just [man] walketh in his integrity: his children [are] blessed after him.Select Proverbs 20:7

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

9Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?Select Proverbs 20:9

10Divers weights, [and] divers measures, both of them [are] alike abomination to the LORD.Select Proverbs 20:10

11Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work [is] pure, and whether [it is] right.Select Proverbs 20:11

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

13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thy eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.Select Proverbs 20:13

14[It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone, then he boasteth.Select Proverbs 20:14

15There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel.Select Proverbs 20:15

16Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.Select Proverbs 20:16

17Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.Select Proverbs 20:17

18[Every] purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.Select Proverbs 20:18

19He that goeth about [as] a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.Select Proverbs 20:19

20Whoever curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.Select Proverbs 20:20

21An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end of it shall not be blessed.Select Proverbs 20:21

22Say not thou, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.Select Proverbs 20:22

23Divers weights [are] an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance [is] not good.Select Proverbs 20:23

24Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?Select Proverbs 20:24

25[It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make inquiry.Select Proverbs 20:25

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

27The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.Select Proverbs 20:27

28Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upheld by mercy.Select Proverbs 20:28

29The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty of old men [is] the gray head.Select Proverbs 20:29

30The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so [do] stripes the inward parts of the belly.Select Proverbs 20:30