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Chapter 20
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1
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Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever
is deceived thereby is not wise. |
2
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The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso
provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. |
3
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It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but
every fool will be meddling. |
4
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The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore
shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. |
5
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Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but
a man of understanding will draw it out. |
6
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Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness:
but a faithful man who can find? |
7
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The just man walketh in his integrity: his children
are blessed after him. |
8
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A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth
away all evil with his eyes. |
9
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Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure
from my sin? |
10
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Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are
alike abomination to the LORD. |
11
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Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work
be pure, and whether it be right. |
12
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The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath
made even both of them. |
13
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Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine
eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. |
14
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It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when
he is gone his way, then he boasteth. |
15
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There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips
of knowledge are a precious jewel. |
16
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Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and
take a pledge of him for a strange woman. |
17
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Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his
mouth shall be filled with gravel. |
18
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Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good
advice make war. |
19
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He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets:
therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his
lips. |
20
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Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall
be put out in obscure darkness. |
21
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An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning;
but the end thereof shall not be blessed. |
22
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Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the
LORD, and he shall save thee. |
23
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Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and
a false balance is not good. |
24
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Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand
his own way? |
25
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It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is
holy, and after vows to make enquiry. |
26
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A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the
wheel over them. |
27
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The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching
all the inward parts of the belly. |
28
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Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is
upholden by mercy. |
29
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The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty
of old men is the grey head. |
30
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The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do
stripes the inward parts of the belly. |
