| Prov. 20:1 |
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 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 judgment / Scatters 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 |
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 ear and the seeing eye-- / Jehovah has made both of them. |
| Prov. 20:13 |
Do not love 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 |
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 |
He who goes about as a gossip reveals secrets; / Therefore do not associate with one who opens his lips wide. |
| Prov. 20:20 |
Whoever curses his father or his mother, / His lamp will go out in deep darkness. |
| Prov. 20:21 |
An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginning / Will not be blessed in the end. |
| Prov. 20:22 |
Do not say, I will recompense evil; / Wait for Jehovah, and He will save you. |
| Prov. 20:23 |
Differing weights are an abomination to Jehovah, / And false scales are not good. |
| Prov. 20:24 |
A man's 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 wicked / And drives the [threshing] wheel over them. |
| Prov. 20:27 |
The spirit of man is the 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. |