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