NHEBJE - Proverbs - 20

20:1  Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

20:2  The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

20:3  It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.

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

20:5  Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

20:6  Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?

20:7  A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.

20:8  A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.

20:9  Who can say, "I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?"

20:10  Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.

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

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

20:13  Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

20:14  "It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.

20:15  There is gold and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

20:16  Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.

20:17  Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

20:18  Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!

20:19  He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore do not keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

20:20  Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

20:21  An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won't be blessed in the end.

20:22  Do not say, "I will pay back evil." Wait for Jehovah, and he will save you.

20:23  Jehovah detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

20:24  A man's steps are from Jehovah; how then can man understand his way?

20:25  It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.

20:26  A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.

20:27  The spirit of man is Jehovah's lamp, searching all his innermost parts.

20:28  Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.

20:29  The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.

20:30  Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.