Proverbs


20:1
 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.


20:2
 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.


20:3
 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.


20:4
 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he 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
 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.


20:8
 A king that sitteth in 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 are alike 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 be satisfied with bread.


20:14
 It is naught, it is naught, 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 take a pledge of him for a strange woman.


20:17
 Bread of deceit 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 make war.


20:19
 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.


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


20:21
 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.


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


20:23
 Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.


20:24
 Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?


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


20:26
 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.


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


20:28
 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.


20:29
 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head.


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