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Proverbs 20 : 1 - 30
Chapter 20
1 | Wine is a mocker, Strong drink is a brawler, And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
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2 | The wrath of a king is like the roaring of a lion; Whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own life.
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3 | It is honorable for a man to stop striving, Since any fool can start a quarrel.
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4 | The lazy man will not plow because of winter; He will beg during harvest and have nothing.
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5 | Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, But a man of understanding will draw it out.
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6 | Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, But who can find a faithful man?
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7 | The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him.
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8 | A king who sits on the throne of judgment Scatters all evil with his eyes.
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9 | Who can say, "I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin"?
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10 | Diverse weights and diverse measures, They are both alike, an abomination to the LORD.
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11 | Even a child is known by his deeds, Whether what he does is pure and right.
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12 | The hearing ear and the seeing eye, The LORD has made them both.
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13 | Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.
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14 | "It is good for nothing," cries the buyer; But when he has gone his way, then he boasts.
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15 | There is gold and a multitude of rubies, But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
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16 | Take the garment of one who is surety for a stranger, And hold it as a pledge when it is for a seductress.
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17 | Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
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18 | Plans are established by counsel; By wise counsel wage war.
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19 | He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; Therefore do not associate with one who flatters with his lips.
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20 | Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.
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21 | An inheritance gained hastily at the beginning Will not be blessed at the end.
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22 | Do not say, "I will recompense evil"; Wait for the LORD, and He will save you.
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23 | Diverse weights are an abomination to the LORD, And dishonest scales are not good.
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24 | A man's steps are of the LORD; How then can a man understand his own way?
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25 | It is a snare for a man to devote rashly something as holy, And afterward to reconsider his vows.
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26 | A wise king sifts out the wicked, And brings the threshing wheel over them.
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27 | The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, Searching all the inner depths of his heart.
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28 | Mercy and truth preserve the king, And by lovingkindness he upholds his throne.
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29 | The glory of young men is their strength, And the splendor of old men is their gray head.
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30 | Blows that hurt cleanse away evil, As do stripes the inner depths of the heart.
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