# Proverbs 20

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###### v1 
Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise. 

###### v2 
The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life. 

###### v3 
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling. 

###### v4 
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. 

###### v5 
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out. 

###### v6 
Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man? 

###### v7 
A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him. 

###### v8 
A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes. 

###### v9 
Who can say, "I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?" 

###### v10 
Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh. 

###### v11 
Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right. 

###### v12 
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them. 

###### v13 
Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread. 

###### v14 
"It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts. 

###### v15 
There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel. 

###### v16 
Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman. 

###### v17 
Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel. 

###### v18 
Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war! 

###### v19 
He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don't keep company with him who opens wide his lips. 

###### v20 
Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness. 

###### v21 
An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won't be blessed in the end. 

###### v22 
Don't say, "I will pay back evil." Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you. 

###### v23 
Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing. 

###### v24 
A man's steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way? 

###### v25 
It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows. 

###### v26 
A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them. 

###### v27 
The spirit of man is Yahweh's lamp, searching all his innermost parts. 

###### v28 
Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love. 

###### v29 
The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair. 

###### v30 
Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.

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