20Proverbs 20

1Wine is a scorner--strong drink is noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.Select Proverbs 20:1

2The fear of a king is a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul.Select Proverbs 20:2

3An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.Select Proverbs 20:3

4Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.Select Proverbs 20:4

5Counsel in the heart of a man is deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up.Select Proverbs 20:5

6A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find?Select Proverbs 20:6

7The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him!Select Proverbs 20:7

8A king sitting on a throne of judgment, Is scattering with his eyes all evil,Select Proverbs 20:8

9Who saith, `I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?'Select Proverbs 20:9

10A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them are an abomination to Jehovah.Select Proverbs 20:10

11Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright.Select Proverbs 20:11

12A hearing ear, and a seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.Select Proverbs 20:12

13Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes--be satisfied with bread.Select Proverbs 20:13

14`Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.Select Proverbs 20:14

15Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, are lips of knowledge.Select Proverbs 20:15

16Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.Select Proverbs 20:16

17Sweet to a man is the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled with gravel.Select Proverbs 20:17

18Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war.Select Proverbs 20:18

19A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver with his lips make not thyself surety.Select Proverbs 20:19

20Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.Select Proverbs 20:20

21An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed.Select Proverbs 20:21

22Do not say, `I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee.Select Proverbs 20:22

23An abomination to Jehovah are a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit are not good.Select Proverbs 20:23

24From Jehovah are the steps of a man, And man--how understandeth he his way?Select Proverbs 20:24

25A snare to a man is he hath swallowed a holy thing, And after vows to make inquiry.Select Proverbs 20:25

26A wise king is scattering the wicked, And turneth back on them the wheel.Select Proverbs 20:26

27The breath of man is a lamp of Jehovah, Searching all the inner parts of the heart.Select Proverbs 20:27

28Kindness and truth keep a king, And he hath supported by kindness his throne.Select Proverbs 20:28

29The beauty of young men is their strength, And the honour of old men is grey hairs.Select Proverbs 20:29

30The bandages of a wound thou removest with the evil, Also the plagues of the inner parts of the heart!Select Proverbs 20:30