<= | Chapter 20 of 31 | =>
Prov.|20:1|-||a|Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler;And whoever errs by it does not become wise.
Prov.|20:2|-|The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion;He who provokes him to anger sins against his own life.
Prov.|20:3|-|It is an honor for a man to keep away from strife,But every fool rushes headlong into it.
Prov.|20:4|-|The |a|sluggard will not plow because of winter;Therefore he will beg in harvest and have nothing.
Prov.|20:5|-|Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water,But a man of understanding will draw it out.
Prov.|20:6|-|Many a man will proclaim his own kindness,But who can find a faithful man?
Prov.|20:7|-|A righteous man who walks in his integrity,Blessed are his children after him.
Prov.|20:8|-|A king who sits on the throne of judgmentScatters away all evil with his eyes.
Prov.|20:9|-|Who can say, I have made my heart clean;I am pure from my sin?
Prov.|20:10|-||a|Differing weights and differing measures,Both of them are an abomination to Jehovah.
Prov.|20:11|-|Even a child makes himself known by his deeds,Whether his work is pure and whether it is upright.
Prov.|20:12|-|The hearing |a|ear and the seeing eye—Jehovah has made both of them.
Prov.|20:13|-|Do not love |a|sleep, or else you will come to poverty;Open your eyes, and be satisfied with bread.
Prov.|20:14|-|It is bad, it is bad, says the buyer;But when he has gone away, then he boasts in his purchase.
Prov.|20:15|-|There is gold and an abundance of corals,But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Prov.|20:16|-||a|Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger,And hold the pledge when he becomes surety for foreigners.
Prov.|20:17|-|The bread of falsehood is sweet to a man,But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
Prov.|20:18|-|Every plan is established by counsel,And by sound counsel make war.
Prov.|20:19|-||a|He who goes about as a gossip reveals secrets;Therefore do not associate with one who opens his lips wide.
Prov.|20:20|-|Whoever |a|curses his father or his mother,His lamp will go out in deep darkness.
Prov.|20:21|-|An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginningWill not be blessed in the end.
Prov.|20:22|-|Do |a|not say, I will recompense evil;Wait for Jehovah, and He will save you.
Prov.|20:23|-||a|Differing weights are an abomination to Jehovah,And false scales are not good.
Prov.|20:24|-|A man’s |a|steps are ordered by Jehovah;How then can man understand his own way?
Prov.|20:25|-|It is a snare to a man to rashly say, It is holy,And after making the vows to begin to consider.
Prov.|20:26|-|A wise king winnows the wickedAnd drives the threshing wheel over them.
Prov.|20:27|-|The |1a|spirit of man is the |2|lamp of Jehovah,Searching all the innermost parts of the inner being.
Prov.|20:28|-|Lovingkindness and truth preserve the king,And his throne is upheld by kindness.
Prov.|20:29|-|The glory of young men is their strength,And the honor of old men is gray hair.
Prov.|20:30|-|Stripes that wound purge away evil,And strokes reach the innermost parts of the inner being.
<= | Chapter 20 of 31 | =>
Book of Proverbs
Home
|