Darby - Proverbs - 20

20:1  Wine is a scorner, strong drink is raging; and whoso erreth thereby is not wise.

20:2  The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

20:3  It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it.

20:4  The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

20:5  Counsel in the heart of man is deep water, and a man of understanding draweth it out.

20:6  Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; but a faithful man who shall find?

20:7  The righteous walketh in his integrity: blessed are his children after him!

20:8  A king sitting on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

20:9  Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

20:10  Divers weights, divers measures, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah.

20:11  Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

20:12  The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.

20:13  Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

20:14  Bad! bad! saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

20:15  There is gold, and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a precious Jewel.

20:16  Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for strangers.

20:17  Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

20:18  Plans are established by counsel; and with good advice make war.

20:19  He that goeth about talebearing revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth his lips.

20:20  Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.

20:21  An inheritance obtained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

20:22  Say not, I will recompense evil: wait on Jehovah, and he shall save thee.

20:23  Divers weights are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good.

20:24  The steps of a man are from Jehovah; and how can a man understand his own way?

20:25  It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is hallowed, and after vows to make inquiry.

20:26  A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.

20:27  Man's spirit is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the inner parts of the belly.

20:28  Mercy and truth preserve the king; and he upholdeth his throne by mercy.

20:29  The glory of young men is their strength; and the beauty of old men is the grey head.

20:30  Wounding stripes purge away evil, and strokes [purge] the inner parts of the belly.