Proverbs
Chapter 20
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1 Wine3196 is a mocker,3887 strong drink7941 is raging:1993 and whoever3605 is deceived7686 thereby is not wise.2449
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2 The fear367 of a king4428 is as the roaring5099 of a lion:3715 whoever provokes5674 him to anger5674 sins2398 against his own soul.5315
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3 It is an honor3519 for a man376 to cease7674 from strife:7379 but every3605 fool191 will be meddling.1566
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4 The sluggard6102 will not plow2790 by reason of the cold;2779 therefore shall he beg7592 in harvest,7105 and have nothing.369
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5 Counsel6098 in the heart3820 of man376 is like deep6013 water;4325 but a man376 of understanding8394 will draw1802 it out.
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6 Most7230 men120 will proclaim7121 every376 one376 his own goodness:2617 but a faithful529 man376 who4310 can find?4672
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7 The just6662 man walks1980 in his integrity:8537 his children1121 are blessed835 after310 him.
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8 A king4428 that sits3427 in the throne3678 of judgment1779 scatters2219 away all3605 evil7451 with his eyes.5869
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9 Who4310 can say,559 I have made my heart3820 clean,2135 I am pure2891 from my sin?2403
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10 Divers weights,68 and divers measures,374 both8147 of them are alike1571 abomination8441 to the LORD.3068
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11 Even1571 a child5288 is known5234 by his doings,4611 whether518 his work6467 be pure,2134 and whether518 it be right.3477
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12 The hearing8085 ear,241 and the seeing7200 eye,5869 the LORD3068 has made6213 even1571 both8147 of them.
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13 Love157 not sleep,8142 lest6435 you come to poverty;3423 open6491 your eyes,5869 and you shall be satisfied7646 with bread.3899
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14 It is naught,7451 it is naught,7451 said559 the buyer:7069 but when he is gone235 his way, then227 he boasts.1984
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15 There is gold,2091 and a multitude7230 of rubies:6443 but the lips8193 of knowledge1847 are a precious3366 jewel.3627
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16 Take3947 his garment899 that is surety6148 for a stranger:2114 and take2254 a pledge2254 of him for a strange5237 woman.
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17 Bread3899 of deceit8267 is sweet6149 to a man;376 but afterwards310 his mouth6310 shall be filled4390 with gravel.2687
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18 Every purpose4284 is established3559 by counsel:6098 and with good advice8458 make6213 war.4421
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19 He that goes1980 about1980 as a talebearer7400 reveals1540 secrets:5475 therefore meddle6148 not with him that flatters6601 with his lips.8193
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20 Whoever curses7043 his father1 or his mother,517 his lamp5216 shall be put1846 out in obscure380 darkness.2822
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21 An inheritance5159 may be gotten hastily926 at the beginning;7223 but the end319 thereof shall not be blessed.1288
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22 Say559 not you, I will recompense7999 evil;7451 but wait6960 on the LORD,3068 and he shall save3467 you.
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23 Divers weights68 are an abomination8441 to the LORD;3068 and a false4820 balance3976 is not good.2896
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24 Man's1397 goings4703 are of the LORD;3068 how4100 can a man120 then understand995 his own way?1870
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25 It is a snare4170 to the man120 who devours3216 that which is holy,6944 and after310 vows5088 to make inquiry.1239
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26 A wise2450 king4428 scatters2219 the wicked,7563 and brings7725 the wheel212 over5921 them.
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27 The spirit5397 of man120 is the candle5216 of the LORD,3068 searching2664 all3605 the inward2315 parts of the belly.990
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28 Mercy2617 and truth571 preserve5341 the king:4428 and his throne3678 is upheld5582 by mercy.2617
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29 The glory8597 of young970 men is their strength:3581 and the beauty1926 of old2205 men is the grey7872 head.
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30 The blueness2250 of a wound6482 cleans8562 away evil:7451 so do stripes4347 the inward2315 parts of the belly.990
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