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| Proverbs 20:1 | Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. | Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise. |
| Proverbs 20:2 | The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. | The wrath of a king is like the loud cry of a lion: he who makes him angry does wrong against himself. |
| Proverbs 20:3 | It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. | It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war. |
| Proverbs 20:4 | The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. | The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing. |
| Proverbs 20:5 | Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. | The purpose in the heart of a man is like deep water, but a man of good sense will get it out. |
| Proverbs 20:6 | Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? | Most men make no secret of their kind acts: but where is a man of good faith to be seen? |
| Proverbs 20:7 | The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him. | An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him! |
| Proverbs 20:8 | A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. | A king on the seat of judging puts to flight all evil with his eyes. |
| Proverbs 20:9 | Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? | Who is able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am free from my sin? |
| Proverbs 20:10 | Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. | Unequal weights and unequal measures, they are all disgusting to the Lord. |
| Proverbs 20:11 | Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. | Even a child may be judged by his doings, if his work is free from sin and if it is right. |
| Proverbs 20:12 | The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them. | The hearing ear and the seeing eye are equally the Lord's work. |
| Proverbs 20:13 | Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. | Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough. |
| Proverbs 20:14 | It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. | A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got. |
| Proverbs 20:15 | There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. | There is gold and a store of corals: but the lips of knowledge are a jewel of great price. |
| Proverbs 20:16 | Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. | Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men. |
| Proverbs 20:17 | Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. | Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand. |
| Proverbs 20:18 | Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. | Every purpose is put into effect by wise help: and by wise guiding make war. |
| Proverbs 20:19 | He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. | He who goes about talking of the business of others gives away secrets: so have nothing to do with him whose lips are open wide. |
| Proverbs 20:20 | Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. | If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother, his light will be put out in the blackest night. |
| Proverbs 20:21 | An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. | A heritage may be got quickly at first, but the end of it will not be a blessing. |
| Proverbs 20:22 | Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee. | Do not say, I will give punishment for evil: go on waiting for the Lord, and he will be your saviour. |
| Proverbs 20:23 | Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good. | Unequal weights are disgusting to the Lord, and false scales are not good. |
| Proverbs 20:24 | Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way? | A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way? |
| Proverbs 20:25 | It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry. | It is a danger to a man to say without thought, It is holy, and, after taking his oaths, to be questioning if it is necessary to keep them. |
| Proverbs 20:26 | A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. | A wise king puts evil-doers to flight, and makes their evil-doing come back on them. |
| Proverbs 20:27 | The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. | The Lord keeps watch over the spirit of man, searching all the deepest parts of the body. |
| Proverbs 20:28 | Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy. | Mercy and good faith keep the king safe, and the seat of his power is based on upright acts. |
| Proverbs 20:29 | The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head. | The glory of young men is their strength, and the honour of old men is their grey hairs. |
| Proverbs 20:30 | The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. | By the wounds of the rod evil is taken away, and blows make clean the deepest parts of the body. |
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