Proverbs 20:1WEB
Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
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Proverbs 20:1WEB
Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
Proverbs 20:2WEB
The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
Proverbs 20:3WEB
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
Proverbs 20:4WEB
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 20:5WEB
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Proverbs 20:6WEB
Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?
Proverbs 20:7WEB
A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.
Proverbs 20:8WEB
A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
Proverbs 20:9WEB
Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin”?
Proverbs 20:10WEB
Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Proverbs 20:11WEB
Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
Proverbs 20:12WEB
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Proverbs 20:13WEB
Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
Proverbs 20:14WEB
“It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
Proverbs 20:15WEB
There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
Proverbs 20:16WEB
Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
Proverbs 20:17WEB
Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
Proverbs 20:18WEB
Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
Proverbs 20:19WEB
He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
Proverbs 20:20WEB
Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
Proverbs 20:21WEB
An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning won’t be blessed in the end.
Proverbs 20:22WEB
Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Proverbs 20:23WEB
Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Proverbs 20:24WEB
A man’s steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Proverbs 20:25WEB
It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.
Proverbs 20:26WEB
A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.
Proverbs 20:27WEB
The spirit of man is Yahweh’s lamp, searching all his innermost parts.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Proverbs 20:28WEB
Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.
Proverbs 20:29WEB
The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
Proverbs 20:30WEB
Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.