| Chapter 20 |
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Wine is a scorner, strong drink is raging; and whoso erreth thereby is not wise. |
2 |
The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. |
3 |
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it. |
4 |
The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. |
5 |
Counsel in the heart of man is deep water, and a man of understanding draweth it out. |
6 |
Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; but a faithful man who shall find? |
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The righteous walketh in his integrity: blessed are his children after him! |
8 |
A king sitting on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. |
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Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? |
10 |
Divers weights, divers measures, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah. |
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, Jehovah hath made even both of them. |
13 |
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. |
14 |
Bad! 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 become surety for another, and hold him in pledge for strangers. |
17 |
Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. |
18 |
Plans are established by counsel; and with good advice make war. |
19 |
He that goeth about talebearing revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth his lips. |
20 |
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness. |
21 |
An inheritance obtained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed in the end. |
22 |
Say not, I will recompense evil: wait on Jehovah, and he shall save thee. |
23 |
Divers weights are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good. |
24 |
The steps of a man are from Jehovah; and how can a man understand his own way? |
25 |
It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is hallowed, and after vows to make inquiry. |
26 |
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. |
27 |
Man`s spirit is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the inner parts of the belly. |
28 |
Mercy and truth preserve the king; and he upholdeth his throne by mercy. |
29 |
The glory of young men is their strength; and the beauty of old men is the grey head. |
30 |
Wounding stripes purge away evil, and strokes purge the inner parts of the belly. |