noyes@Proverbs:20:1 @ Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, And he that reeleth with it is not wise.

noyes@Proverbs:20:2 @ The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion; He who provoketh him sinneth against himself.

noyes@Proverbs:20:3 @ It is an honor to a man to cease from strife; Bur every fool rusheth into it.

noyes@Proverbs:20:4 @ The sluggard will not plough by reason of the cold; Therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

noyes@Proverbs:20:5 @ A design in the heart of a man is like deep waters; But a man of understanding draweth it out.

noyes@Proverbs:20:6 @ Many will proclaim their own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?

noyes@Proverbs:20:7 @ He who walketh in his integrity is a righteous man; Happy will be his children after him!

noyes@Proverbs:20:8 @ The king, sitting upon the throne of judgment, Scattereth with his eyes all the wicked like chaff.

noyes@Proverbs:20:9 @ Who can say, "I have kept my heart clean; I am free from my sin?"

noyes@Proverbs:20:10 @ Divers weights and divers measures,––Both of them are an abomination to the LORD.

noyes@Proverbs:20:11 @ Even in childhood one maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his actions will be pure and right.

noyes@Proverbs:20:12 @ The ear that heareth, and the eye that seeth,––The LORD made them both.

noyes@Proverbs:20:13 @ Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

noyes@Proverbs:20:14 @ "Bad! bad!" saith the buyer; But when he hath gone his way, then he boasteth.

noyes@Proverbs:20:15 @ There is gold and abundance of pearls; But the lips of knowledge are a precious vase.

noyes@Proverbs:20:16 @ Take his garment who is surety for another; Yea, take a pledge of him who is bound for a stranger.

noyes@Proverbs:20:17 @ The bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

noyes@Proverbs:20:18 @ Purposes are established by counsel; Therefore with good advice make war.

noyes@Proverbs:20:19 @ He who goeth about as a tale–bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore associate not with him who keepeth open his lips.

noyes@Proverbs:20:20 @ Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in midnight darkness.

noyes@Proverbs:20:21 @ A possession may be gotten hastily in the beginning, But in the end it will not be blessed.

noyes@Proverbs:20:22 @ Say not thou, "I will repay evil;" Wait on the LORD, and he will help thee.

noyes@Proverbs:20:23 @ Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD, And a false balance is not good.

noyes@Proverbs:20:24 @ A man’s steps are from the LORD; How, then, can a man understand his way?

noyes@Proverbs:20:25 @ It is a snare to a man to utter a vow rashly, And after vows to consider.

noyes@Proverbs:20:26 @ A wise king scattereth the wicked like chaff, And bringeth over them the wheel.

noyes@Proverbs:20:27 @ The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, Which searcheth all the inner chambers of his body.

noyes@Proverbs:20:28 @ Mercy and truth preserve the king; Yea, his throne is upholden by mercy.

noyes@Proverbs:20:29 @ The glory of young men is their strength, And the beauty of old men is the gray head.

noyes@Proverbs:20:30 @ Wounding stripes are the remedy for a bad man; Yea, stripes which reach to the inner chambers of the body.

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