rsv@Proverbs:20:1 @ Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
rsv@Proverbs:20:2 @ The dread wrath of a king is like the growling of a lion; he who provokes him to anger forfeits his life.
rsv@Proverbs:20:3 @ It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.
rsv@Proverbs:20:4 @ The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
rsv@Proverbs:20:5 @ The purpose in a man's mind is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
rsv@Proverbs:20:6 @ Many a man proclaims his own loyalty, but a faithful man who can find?
rsv@Proverbs:20:7 @ A righteous man who walks in his integrity-- blessed are his sons after him!
rsv@Proverbs:20:8 @ A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes.
rsv@Proverbs:20:9 @ Who can say, "I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin"?
rsv@Proverbs:20:10 @ Diverse weights and diverse measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
rsv@Proverbs:20:11 @ Even a child makes himself known by his acts, whether what he does is pure and right.
rsv@Proverbs:20:12 @ The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the LORD has made them both.
rsv@Proverbs:20:13 @ Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
rsv@Proverbs:20:14 @ "It is bad, it is bad," says the buyer; but when he goes away, then he boasts.
rsv@Proverbs:20:15 @ There is gold, and abundance of costly stones; but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
rsv@Proverbs:20:16 @ Take a man's garment when he has given surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners.
rsv@Proverbs:20:17 @ Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.
rsv@Proverbs:20:18 @ Plans are established by counsel; by wise guidance wage war.
rsv@Proverbs:20:19 @ He who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with one who speaks foolishly.
rsv@Proverbs:20:20 @ If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
rsv@Proverbs:20:21 @ An inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning will in the end not be blessed.
rsv@Proverbs:20:22 @ Do not say, "I will repay evil"; wait for the LORD, and he will help you.
rsv@Proverbs:20:23 @ Diverse weights are an abomination to the LORD, and false scales are not good.
rsv@Proverbs:20:24 @ A man's steps are ordered by the LORD; how then can man understand his way?
rsv@Proverbs:20:25 @ It is a snare for a man to say rashly, "It is holy," and to reflect only after making his vows.
rsv@Proverbs:20:26 @ A wise king winnows the wicked, and drives the wheel over them.
rsv@Proverbs:20:27 @ The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts.
rsv@Proverbs:20:28 @ Loyalty and faithfulness preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by righteousness.
rsv@Proverbs:20:29 @ The glory of young men is their strength, but the beauty of old men is their gray hair.
rsv@Proverbs:20:30 @ Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean the innermost parts.
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