📖 Proverbs 20
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Wine maketh a man to be scornefull, & strong drinke causeth a man to be vnquiet: who so delighteth therin shall not be wyse.
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The feare of the king is as the roaring of a Lion, who so prouoketh hym vnto anger, offendeth against his owne soule.
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It is a mans honour to kepe him selfe from strife: but euery foole wyll be medling.
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4
A slouthfull body wyll not go to plow for colde of the winter: therefore shall he begge in sommer, and haue nothing.
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5
Counsayle in the heart of man is like deepe water: but a man of vnderstanding wyll drawe it out.
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6
Many there be that woulde be called good doers: but where shall one finde a faythfull man?
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7
The chyldren of the iust man which walketh vprightly, shalbe blessed after hym.
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8
A kyng that sitteth in the throne of iudgement, chaseth away all euyll with his looke.
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Who can say, I haue made my heart cleane, I am pure from my sinne?
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10
Two maner of wayghtes or two maner of measures, both these are abhomination vnto the Lorde.
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11
A chylde is knowen by his conuersation, whether his workes be pure and right.
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12
The eare to heare, the eye to see: the Lorde hath made them both.
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13
Loue not sleepe, lest thou come vnto pouertie: but open thyne eyes, that thou mayest haue bread inough.
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14
It is naught, it is naught (saith he that byeth): but when he commeth to his owne house, then he boasteth of his peny worth.
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15
There is golde, and a multitude of precious stones: but the lippes of knowledge are a precious iewell.
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16
Take his garment that is suretie for a straunger: and take a pledge of hym for the vnknowen sake.
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17
A man liketh the bread that is gotten with deceipt: but at the last his mouth shalbe filled with grauell.
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18
Thorowe counsayle, the thinges that men deuise are made strong: and with good aduise take warre in hande.
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19
The craftie deceiptfull bewrayeth secrete counsayle: therefore meddle not with hym that flattereth with his lips.
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20
Who so curseth his father and mother, his light shalbe put out in the depth of darknesse.
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21
The heritage that commeth hastylye at the first, shall not be blessed at the ende.
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22
Say not thou, I wyll recompence euyll: but put thy trust in the Lorde, and he shall deliuer thee.
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23
Diuers wayghtes are an abhomination vnto the Lord, and a false balaunce is not good.
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24
The Lord ordereth euery mans goinges: how can a man then vnderstand his owne way?
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25
It is a snare for a man to deuour that whiche is holy, and after the vowe to make inquirie.
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26
A wyse kyng disperseth the vngodly, and bringeth the wheele ouer them.
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27
The lanterne of the Lorde is the breath of man, searching all the inwarde partes of the body.
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28
Mercy and trueth preserueth the king, and with louing kindnes his seate is holden vp.
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29
The strength of young men is their worship, and a gray head is an honour vnto the aged.
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30
Blewe woundes driue away euyll, and stripes in the inwarde partes of the body.