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Proverbs 20:1: Wine is a scorner &#8212; strong drink is noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise. Proverbs 20:2: The fear of a king is a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul. Proverbs 20:3: An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth. Proverbs 20:4: Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing. Proverbs 20:5: Counsel in the heart of a man is deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up. Proverbs 20:6: A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find? Proverbs 20:7: The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him! Proverbs 20:8: A king sitting on a throne of judgment, Is scattering with his eyes all evil, Proverbs 20:9: Who saith, 'I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?' Proverbs 20:10: A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them are an abomination to Jehovah. Proverbs 20:11: Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright. Proverbs 20:12: A hearing ear, and a seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them. Proverbs 20:13: Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes &#8212; be satisfied with bread. Proverbs 20:14: 'Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself. Proverbs 20:15: Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, are lips of knowledge. Proverbs 20:16: Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it. Proverbs 20:17: Sweet to a man is the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled with gravel. Proverbs 20:18: Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war. Proverbs 20:19: A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver with his lips make not thyself surety. Proverbs 20:20: Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness. Proverbs 20:21: An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed. Proverbs 20:22: Do not say, 'I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee. Proverbs 20:23: An abomination to Jehovah are a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit are not good. Proverbs 20:24: From Jehovah are the steps of a man, And man &#8212; how understandeth he his way? Proverbs 20:25: A snare to a man is he hath swallowed a holy thing, And after vows to make inquiry. Proverbs 20:26: A wise king is scattering the wicked, And turneth back on them the wheel. Proverbs 20:27: The breath of man is a lamp of Jehovah, Searching all the inner parts of the heart. Proverbs 20:28: Kindness and truth keep a king, And he hath supported by kindness his throne. Proverbs 20:29: The beauty of young men is their strength, And the honour of old men is grey hairs. Proverbs 20:30: The bandages of a wound thou removest with the evil, Also the plagues of the inner parts of the heart!
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