nkjv - 20

nkjv@Proverbs:20:1 @ Wine is a mocker, Strong drink is a brawler, And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

nkjv@Proverbs:20:2 @ The wrath of a king is like the roaring of a lion; Whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own life.

nkjv@Proverbs:20:3 @ It is honorable for a man to stop striving, Since any fool can start a quarrel.

nkjv@Proverbs:20:4 @ The lazy man will not plow because of winter; He will beg during harvest and have nothing.

nkjv@Proverbs:20:5 @ Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, But a man of understanding will draw it out.

nkjv@Proverbs:20:6 @ Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, But who can find a faithful man?

nkjv@Proverbs:20:7 @ The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him.

nkjv@Proverbs:20:8 @ A king who sits on the throne of judgment Scatters all evil with his eyes.

nkjv@Proverbs:20:9 @ Who can say, "I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin"?

nkjv@Proverbs:20:10 @ Diverse weights and diverse measures, They are both alike, an abomination to the LORD.

nkjv@Proverbs:20:11 @ Even a child is known by his deeds, Whether what he does is pure and right.

nkjv@Proverbs:20:12 @ The hearing ear and the seeing eye, The LORD has made them both.

nkjv@Proverbs:20:13 @ Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.

nkjv@Proverbs:20:14 @ "It is good for nothing," cries the buyer; But when he has gone his way, then he boasts.

nkjv@Proverbs:20:15 @ There is gold and a multitude of rubies, But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

nkjv@Proverbs:20:16 @ Take the garment of one who is surety for a stranger, And hold it as a pledge when it is for a seductress.

nkjv@Proverbs:20:17 @ Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

nkjv@Proverbs:20:18 @ Plans are established by counsel; By wise counsel wage war.

nkjv@Proverbs:20:19 @ He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; Therefore do not associate with one who flatters with his lips.

nkjv@Proverbs:20:20 @ Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.

nkjv@Proverbs:20:21 @ An inheritance gained hastily at the beginning Will not be blessed at the end.

nkjv@Proverbs:20:22 @ Do not say, "I will recompense evil"; Wait for the LORD, and He will save you.

nkjv@Proverbs:20:23 @ Diverse weights are an abomination to the LORD, And dishonest scales are not good.

nkjv@Proverbs:20:24 @ A man's steps are of the LORD; How then can a man understand his own way?

nkjv@Proverbs:20:25 @ It is a snare for a man to devote rashly something as holy, And afterward to reconsider his vows.

nkjv@Proverbs:20:26 @ A wise king sifts out the wicked, And brings the threshing wheel over them.

nkjv@Proverbs:20:27 @ The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, Searching all the inner depths of his heart.

nkjv@Proverbs:20:28 @ Mercy and truth preserve the king, And by lovingkindness he upholds his throne.

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

nkjv@Proverbs:20:30 @ Blows that hurt cleanse away evil, As do stripes the inner depths of the heart.

Proverbs 20