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Proverbs 20

¹Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler; Whoever is let astray by them is not wise.

²The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion: He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

³It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarreling.

⁴The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

⁵Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.

⁶Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, But who can find a faithful man?

⁷A righteous man who walks in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him.

⁸A king who sits on the throne of judgment Scatters away all evil with his eyes.

⁹Who can say, "I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?"

¹⁰Differing weights and differing measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.

¹¹Even a child makes himself known by his doings, Whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.

¹²The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them.

¹³Don`t love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

¹⁴"It`s no good, it`s no good," says the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasts.

¹⁵There is gold and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

¹⁶Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; And hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.

¹⁷Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, But afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

¹⁸Plans are established by advice; By wise guidance you wage war!

¹⁹He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; Therefore don`t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

²⁰Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

²¹An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, Won`t be blessed in the end.

²²Don`t say, "I will pay back evil." Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

²³Yahweh detests differing weights, And dishonest scales are not pleasing.

²⁴A man`s steps are from Yahweh; How then can man understand his way?

²⁵It is a snare to a man make a rash dedication, And later reconsider his vows.

²⁶A wise king winnows out the wicked, And drives the threshing wheel over them.

²⁷The spirit of man is Yahweh`s lamp, Searching all his innermost parts.

²⁸Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.

²⁹The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.

³⁰Wounding blows cleanse away evil, And beatings purge the innermost parts.

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