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PRO 20:1–20:30 ©

Proverbs 20

20Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler,

and they who reel under it do not act wisely.

2The wrath of a king is like the growl of a lion,

and he who provokes him endangers his life.

3It honours a man to keep from strife,

but every fool shows his teeth.

4In autumn the lazy man will not plough;

so in harvest he asks for a crop in vain.

5A plan may lie deep in the heart like well-water,

but a skilful man knows how to draw it up.

6Many a man professes kindness,

but who can find a man of fidelity?

7Happy the sons that come after the man

whose life has been righteous and blameless.

8Throned on the seat of judgment,

the king sifts all wrong with his eyes.

9Who can say, ‘I have cleansed my heart,

pure and sinless am I’?

10Divers weights and divers measures

are both alike to the Lord detestable.

11Even a child is known by his deeds,

as his conduct is good or bad.

12The hearing ear and the seeing eye

are both alike the Lord’s creation.

13Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty;

open your eyes, that your bread may be plentiful.

14‘Bad, bad,’ says the buyer;

but when he is gone, he brags.

15Lips of wisdom are store of gold,

wealth of coral and precious vessels.

16Take the garment of him who goes bail for another,

and hold it in pledge for that other.

17Bread won by deception tastes sweet to a man,

but at last his mouth will be hiled with gravel.

18Take advice in arranging your plans,

and do not make war without guidance.

19Who carries tales divulges secrets;

have nothing to do with a gossip.

20He who curses his father or mother –

his lamp will go out in thick darkness.

21Wealth hastily gotten at first

will remain unblessed in the end.

22Do not say, ‘I will pay back evil’;

but wait for the help of the Lord.

23Divers weights the Lord abhors;

false balances are not good.

24Since the Lord controls a man’s steps,

how can man understand his way?

25A man is ensnared if he dedicates rashly,

and only makes inquiry after his vow.

26A wise king winnows the wicked,

and passes the wheel over them,

27The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord,

searching every room of his being.

28Kindness and faithfulness guard the king,

and his throne is established by justice.

29The glory of youth is its strength,

but grey hair is the beauty of age.

30A bad man is doomed to the lash, whose stripes

will cut to his inmost soul.

PRO 20:1–20:30 ©

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