Proverbs - Chapter 20 | English Standard Version

  • 1. Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
  • 2. The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life.
  • 3. It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
  • 4. The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
  • 5. The purpose in a man's heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
  • 6. Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find?
  • 7. The righteous who walks in his integrity-- blessed are his children after him!
  • 8. A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes.
  • 9. Who can say, "I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin"?
  • 10. Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
  • 11. Even a child makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.
  • 12. The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the LORD has made them both.
  • 13. Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
  • 14. "Bad, Bad," says the buyer, but when he goes away, then he boasts.
  • 15. There is gold and abundance of costly stones, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
  • 16. Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.
  • 17. Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.
  • 18. Plans are established by counsel; by wise guidance wage war.
  • 19. Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler.
  • 20. If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
  • 21. An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
  • 22. Do not say, "I will repay evil"; wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.
  • 23. Unequal weights are an abomination to the LORD, and false scales are not good.
  • 24. A man's steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way?
  • 25. It is a snare to say rashly, "It is holy," and to reflect only after making vows.
  • 26. A wise king winnows the wicked and drives the wheel over them.
  • 27. The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts.
  • 28. Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his throne is upheld.
  • 29. The glory of young men is their strength, but the splendor of old men is their gray hair.
  • 30. Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean the innermost parts.
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