nsb - Proverbs:20

nsb@Proverbs:20:1 @ Wine is a mocker! Strong drink leads to brawls. He who is intoxicated by it is not wise.

nsb@Proverbs:20:2 @ Fear of a king is like the roar of a lion. Provoke him to anger and sin against yourself.

nsb@Proverbs:20:3 @ It is an honor for a man to cease from discord. Only fools start quarrels.

nsb@Proverbs:20:4 @ The lazy man will not plow because of the cold. He will beg during harvest and have nothing.

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

nsb@Proverbs:20:6 @ Most men proclaim their own loyalty; but who can find a trustworthy man?

nsb@Proverbs:20:7 @ The righteous man walks in his integrity. He blesses his children.

nsb@Proverbs:20:8 @ When a king sits on the throne of judgment he scatters away evil with his eyes.

nsb@Proverbs:20:9 @ Who can say: »I have made my heart clean. I am pure from my sin?«

nsb@Proverbs:20:10 @ Differing weights and differing measures, both of them are an abomination to Jehovah.

nsb@Proverbs:20:11 @ Even a child is known by his deeds, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.

nsb@Proverbs:20:12 @ The hearing ear and the seeing eye, Jehovah made them both.

nsb@Proverbs:20:13 @ Do not love sleep or you will come to poverty. Open your eyes and be satisfied with bread.

nsb@Proverbs:20:14 @ »Good for nothing,« cries the buyer. But when he goes his way he boasts about the purchase.

nsb@Proverbs:20:15 @ There is gold and a multitude of rubies, but the lips that speak knowledge are more precious than jewels.

nsb@Proverbs:20:16 @ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger and hold it as a pledge for a seductress.

nsb@Proverbs:20:17 @ Bread taken by deceit tastes sweet to a man. Afterwards his mouth will be filled with gravel.

nsb@Proverbs:20:18 @ Good counsel makes for good plans. Seek good counsel if you wage war.

nsb@Proverbs:20:19 @ A gossip reveals secrets. So avoid a man who speaks flattering words.

nsb@Proverbs:20:20 @ He who curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in obscure darkness.

nsb@Proverbs:20:21 @ An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but in the end it will not be blessed.

nsb@Proverbs:20:22 @ Do not say: »I will recompense evil.« Instead wait on Jehovah, and he will save you.

nsb@Proverbs:20:23 @ Many and different weights are an abomination to Jehovah and a false balance is not good.

nsb@Proverbs:20:24 @ Jehovah directs mans steps. How can man understand his own way?

nsb@Proverbs:20:25 @ It is dangerous to make a vow to God before counting the cost.

nsb@Proverbs:20:26 @ A wise king sifts out the wicked. He rolls the threshing wheel over them.

nsb@Proverbs:20:27 @ The breath of man is the candle of Jehovah, searching all the inward parts of him.

nsb@Proverbs:20:28 @ Loving-kindness and truth preserve the king and his throne is upheld by loving-kindness.

nsb@Proverbs:20:29 @ The glory of young men is their strength. The honor of old men is their gray haired.

nsb@Proverbs:20:30 @ It takes a painful experience to cleanse our hearts.