Proverbs:20

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* Wine is a mocker , strong drink a brawler , And he that reeleth with it is not wise . * The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion ; He who provoketh him sinneth against himself . * It is an honor to a man to cease from strife ; Bur every fool rusheth into it . * The sluggard will not plough by reason of the cold ; Therefore shall he beg in harvest , and have nothing . * A design in the heart of a man is like deep waters ; But a man of understanding draweth it out . * Many will proclaim their own kindness ; But a faithful man who can find ? * He who walketh in his integrity is a righteous man ; Happy will be his children after him ! * The king , sitting upon the throne of judgment , Scattereth with his eyes all the wicked like chaff . * Who can say , "I have kept my heart clean ; I am free from my sin ?" * Divers weights and divers measures ,––Both of them are an abomination to the LORD . * Even in childhood one maketh himself known by his doings , Whether his actions will be pure and right . * The ear that heareth , and the eye that seeth ,––The LORD made them both . * Love not sleep , lest thou come to poverty ; Open thine eyes , and thou shalt be satisfied with bread . * "Bad ! bad !" saith the buyer ; But when he hath gone his way , then he boasteth . * There is gold and abundance of pearls ; But the lips of knowledge are a precious vase . * Take his garment who is surety for another ; Yea , take a pledge of him who is bound for a stranger . * The bread of falsehood is sweet to a man ; But afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel . * Purposes are established by counsel ; Therefore with good advice make war . * He who goeth about as a tale –bearer revealeth secrets ; Therefore associate not with him who keepeth open his lips . * Whoso curseth his father or his mother , His lamp shall be put out in midnight darkness . * A possession may be gotten hastily in the beginning , But in the end it will not be blessed . * Say not thou , "I will repay evil ;" Wait on the LORD , and he will help thee . * Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD , And a false balance is not good . * A man ’s steps are from the LORD ; How , then , can a man understand his way ? * It is a snare to a man to utter a vow rashly , And after vows to consider . * A wise king scattereth the wicked like chaff , And bringeth over them the wheel . * The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD , Which searcheth all the inner chambers of his body . * Mercy and truth preserve the king ; Yea , his throne is upholden by mercy . * The glory of young men is their strength , And the beauty of old men is the gray head . * Wounding stripes are the remedy for a bad man ; Yea , stripes which reach to the inner chambers of the body .

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