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Chapter 20 |
| 1 | Wine is a
mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not
wise. |
| 2 |
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso
provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. |
| 3 | It is an
honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
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| 4 | The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg
in 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. |
| 6 | Most men
will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can
find? |
| 7 |
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are
blessed after him. |
| 8 | A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment
scattereth away 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? |
| 10 | Divers weights, and divers
measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. |
| 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, the LORD 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 | It is
naught, it is naught, 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
surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. |
| 17 |
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled
with gravel. |
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18 | Every purpose is established by counsel: and with
good advice make war. |
| 19 | He that goeth about as a talebearer
revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his
lips. |
| 20 |
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put
out in obscure darkness. |
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21 | An inheritance may be gotten hastily
at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. |
| 22 | Say not
thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save
thee. |
| 23 |
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false
balance is not good. |
| 24 | Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man
then understand his own way? |
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25 | It is a snare to the man who devoureth
that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry. |
| 26 | A wise king
scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. |
| 27 | The
spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the
belly. |
| 28
| Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is
upholden by mercy. |
| 29 | The glory of young men is their strength:
and the beauty of old men is the grey head. |
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30 | The blueness of a wound
cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. |
