20Proverbs 20

1Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.Select Proverbs 20:1

2The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.Select Proverbs 20:2

3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.Select Proverbs 20:3

4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall 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

6Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?Select Proverbs 20:6

7A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.Select Proverbs 20:7

8A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.Select Proverbs 20:8

9Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?”Select Proverbs 20:9

10Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.Select Proverbs 20:10

11Even a child makes himself 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, Yahweh has made even both of them.Select Proverbs 20:12

13Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.Select Proverbs 20:13

14“It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.Select Proverbs 20:14

15There is gold and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.Select Proverbs 20:15

16Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.Select Proverbs 20:16

17Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.Select Proverbs 20:17

18Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!Select Proverbs 20:18

19He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.Select Proverbs 20:19

20Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.Select Proverbs 20:20

21An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won’t be blessed in the end.Select Proverbs 20:21

22Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.Select Proverbs 20:22

23Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.Select Proverbs 20:23

24A man’s steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?Select Proverbs 20:24

25It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.Select Proverbs 20:25

26A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.Select Proverbs 20:26

27The spirit of man is Yahweh’s lamp, searching all his innermost parts.Select Proverbs 20:27

28Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.Select Proverbs 20:28

29The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.Select Proverbs 20:29

30Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.Select Proverbs 20:30