Proverbs:20

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* Wine is a mocker , strong drink is raging : and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise . * The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion : whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul . * It is an honour for a man to cease from strife : but every fool will be meddling . * The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold ; therefore shall he beg (8675 ) in harvest , and have nothing . * Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water ; but a man of understanding will draw it out . * Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness : but a faithful man who can find ? * The just man walketh in his integrity : his children are blessed after him . * A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes . * Who can say , I have made my heart clean , I am pure from my sin chatta #ah #? * Divers weights #H68 , and divers measures #H374 , both of them are alike abomination to the LORD . * Even a child is known by his doings ma #alal #, whether his work be pure , and whether it be right . * The hearing ear , and the seeing eye , the LORD hath made even both of them . * Love not sleep , lest thou come to poverty ; open thine eyes , and thou shalt be satisfied with bread . * It is naught , it is naught , saith the buyer : but when he is gone his way , then he boasteth . * There is gold , and a multitude of rubies : but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel . * Take his garment that is surety for a stranger : and take a pledge of him for a strange woman . * Bread of deceit is sweet to a man ; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel . * Every purpose is established by counsel : and with good advice make war . * He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets : therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips . * Whoso curseth his father or his mother , his lamp shall be put out in obscure # darkness . * An inheritance may be gotten hastily (8675 ) at the beginning ri #shown #; but the end thereof shall not be blessed . * Say not thou , I will recompense evil ; but wait on the LORD , and he shall save thee . * Divers weights #H68are an abomination unto the LORD ; and a false balance is not good . * Mans goings are of the LORD ; how can a man then understand his own way ? * It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy , and after vows to make enquiry . * A wise king scattereth the wicked , and bringeth the wheel over them . * The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD , searching all the inward parts of the belly . * Mercy and truth preserve the king : and his throne is upholden by mercy . * The glory of young men is their strength : and the beauty of old men is the gray head . * The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil : so do stripes the inward parts of the belly .

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