📖 Proverbs 20
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Wine is a mocker and strong drink is a brawler; whoever goes astray by them is not wise.
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The king’s terrifying anger is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him sins against himself.
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It is an honor for a person to cease from strife, but every fool quarrels.
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The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he asks for grain but has nothing.
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Counsel in a person’s heart is like deep water, but an understanding person draws it out.
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Many people profess their loyalty, but a faithful person– who can find?
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The righteous person behaves in integrity; blessed are his children after him.
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A king sitting on the throne to judge separates out all evil with his eyes.
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Who can say,“I have kept my heart clean; I am pure from my sin”?
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10
Diverse weights and diverse measures– the LORD abhors both of them.
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Even a young man is known by his actions, whether his activity is pure and whether it is right.
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12
The ear that hears and the eye that sees– the LORD has made them both.
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13
Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.
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14
“It’s worthless! It’s worthless!” says the buyer, but when he goes on his way, he boasts.
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15
There is gold, and an abundance of rubies, but words of knowledge are like a precious jewel.
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16
Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and hold him in pledge on behalf of strangers.
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17
Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
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18
Plans are established by counsel, so make war with guidance.
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19
The one who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with someone who is always opening his mouth.
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20
The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.
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21
An inheritance gained easily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
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22
Do not say,“I will pay back evil!” Wait for the LORD, so that he may vindicate you.
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23
The LORD abhors differing weights, and dishonest scales are wicked.
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24
The steps of a person are ordained by the LORD– so how can anyone understand his own way?
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25
It is a snare for a person to rashly cry,“Holy!” and only afterward to consider what he has vowed.
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A wise king separates out the wicked; he turns the threshing wheel over them.
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The human spirit is like the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts.
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Loyal love and truth preserve a king, and his throne is upheld by loyal love.
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The glory of young men is their strength, and the splendor of old men is gray hair.
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30
Beatings and wounds cleanse away evil, and floggings cleanse the innermost being.