Proverbs 20

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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