YLT - Proverbs - 20

20:1  Wine is a scorner--strong drink is noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.

20:2  The fear of a king is a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul.

20:3  An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.

20:4  Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.

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

20:6  A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find?

20:7  The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him!

20:8  A king sitting on a throne of judgment, Is scattering with his eyes all evil,

20:9  Who saith, `I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?'

20:10  A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them are an abomination to Jehovah.

20:11  Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright.

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

20:13  Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes--be satisfied with bread.

20:14  `Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.

20:15  Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, are lips of knowledge.

20:16  Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.

20:17  Sweet to a man is the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled with gravel.

20:18  Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war.

20:19  A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver with his lips make not thyself surety.

20:20  Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.

20:21  An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed.

20:22  Do not say, `I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee.

20:23  An abomination to Jehovah are a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit are not good.

20:24  From Jehovah are the steps of a man, And man--how understandeth he his way?

20:25  A snare to a man is he hath swallowed a holy thing, And after vows to make inquiry.

20:26  A wise king is scattering the wicked, And turneth back on them the wheel.

20:27  The breath of man is a lamp of Jehovah, Searching all the inner parts of the heart.

20:28  Kindness and truth keep a king, And he hath supported by kindness his throne.

20:29  The beauty of young men is their strength, And the honour of old men is grey hairs.

20:30  The bandages of a wound thou removest with the evil, Also the plagues of the inner parts of the heart!