The Proverbs

20: 1Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler;

 And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.

 ^20:2The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion:

 He that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own life.

 ^20:3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife;

 But every fool will be quarrelling.

 ^20:4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter;

 Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

 ^20:5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water;

 But a man of understanding will draw it out.

 ^20:6Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness;

 But a faithful man who can find?

 ^20:7A righteous man that walketh in his integrity,

 Blessed are his children after him.

 ^20:8A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment

 Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

 ^20:9Who can say, I have made my heart clean,

 I am pure from my sin?

 ^20:10Diverse weights, and diverse measures,

 Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.

 ^20:11Even a child maketh himself known by his doings,

 Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

 ^20:12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye,

 Jehovah hath made even both of them.

 ^20:13Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty;

 Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

 ^20:14It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer;

 But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

 ^20:15There is gold, and abundance of rubies;

 But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

 ^20:16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger;

 And hold him in pledge that is surety for foreigners.

 ^20:17Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man;

 But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

 ^20:18Every purpose is established by counsel;

 And by wise guidance make thou war.

 ^20:19He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets;

 Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.

 ^20:20Whoso curseth his father or his mother,

 His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

 ^20:21An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning;

 But the end thereof shall not be blessed.

 ^20:22Say not thou, I will recompense evil:

 Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.

 ^20:23Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah;

 And a false balance is not good.

 ^20:24A man's goings are of Jehovah;

 How then can man understand his way?

 ^20:25It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy,

 And after vows to make inquiry.

 ^20:26A wise king winnoweth the wicked,

 And bringeth the threshing -wheel over them.

 ^20:27The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah,

 Searching all his innermost parts.

 ^20:28Kindness and truth preserve the king;

 And his throne is upholden by kindness.

 ^20:29The glory of young men is their strength;

 And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.

 ^20:30Stripes that wound cleanse away evil;

 And strokes reach the innermost parts.