Proverbs 20
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| v | JPS1917 |
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| 1 | Wine is a mocker, strong drink is riotous; and whosoever reeleth thereby is not wise. |
| 2 | The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger forfeiteth his life. |
| 3 | It is an honour for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be snarling. |
| 4 | The sluggard will not plow when winter setteth in; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. |
| 5 | Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. . |
| 6 | Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness; but a faithful man who can find? |
| 7 | He that walketh in his integrity as a just man, happy are his children after him. |
| 8 | A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. |
| 9 | Who can say: ‘I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin’? |
| 10 | Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them alike are abomination to the LORD. |
| 11 | Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. |
| 12 | The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them. |
| 13 | Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt have bread in plenty. |
| 14 | ’It is bad, it is bad’, saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. |
| 15 | There is gold, and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. |
| 16 | Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; and hold him in pledge that is surety for an alien woman. |
| 17 | Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. |
| 18 | Every purpose is established by counsel; and with good advice carry on war. |
| 19 | He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth wide his lips. |
| 20 | Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness. |
| 21 | An estate may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. |
| 22 | Say not thou: ‘I will requite evil’; wait for the LORD, and He will save thee. |
| 23 | Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good. |
| 24 | A man’s goings are of the LORD; how then can man look to his way? |
| 25 | It is a snare to a man rashly to say: ‘Holy’, and after vows to make inquiry. |
| 26 | A wise king sifteth the wicked, and turneth the wheel over them. |
| 27 | The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all the inward parts. |
| 28 | Mercy and truth preserve the king; and his throne is upheld by mercy. |
| 29 | The glory of young men is their strength; and the beauty of old men is the hoary head. |
| 30 | Sharp wounds cleanse away evil; So do stripes that reach the inward parts. |