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| Proverbs 20:1 | Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler; Whoever is let astray by them 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 terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion: He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life. | 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 honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarreling. | 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 winter; Therefore he shall 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 | Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, But who can find a faithful man? | Most men make no secret of their kind acts: but where is a man of good faith to be seen? |
| Proverbs 20:7 | A righteous man who walks in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him. | An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him! |
| Proverbs 20:8 | A king who sits on the throne of judgment Scatters 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 pure. I am clean and without sin?" | Who is able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am free from my sin? |
| Proverbs 20:10 | Differing weights and differing measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh. | Unequal weights and unequal measures, they are all disgusting to the Lord. |
| Proverbs 20:11 | Even a child makes himself known by his doings, Whether his work is pure, and whether it is 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, Yahweh has made even both of them. | The hearing ear and the seeing eye are equally the Lord's work. |
| Proverbs 20:13 | Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you shall 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's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasts. | 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 abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel. | There is gold and a store of corals: but the lips of knowledge are a jewel of great price. |
| Proverbs 20:16 | Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; And hold him in pledge for a wayward 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 | Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, But afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel. | Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand. |
| Proverbs 20:18 | Plans are established by advice; By wise guidance you wage war! | Every purpose is put into effect by wise help: and by wise guiding make war. |
| Proverbs 20:19 | He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; Therefore don't keep company with him who opens wide 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 | Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of 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 quickly gained at the beginning, Won't be blessed in the end. | A heritage may be got quickly at first, but the end of it will not be a blessing. |
| Proverbs 20:22 | Don't say, "I will pay back evil." Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you. | Do not say, I will give punishment for evil: go on waiting for the Lord, and he will be your saviour. |
| Proverbs 20:23 | Yahweh detests differing weights, And dishonest scales are not pleasing. | Unequal weights are disgusting to the Lord, and false scales are not good. |
| Proverbs 20:24 | A man's steps are from Yahweh; How then can man understand his 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 a man make a rash dedication, And later reconsider his vows. | 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 winnows out the wicked, And drives the threshing 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 Yahweh's lamp, Searching all his innermost parts. | The Lord keeps watch over the spirit of man, searching all the deepest parts of the body. |
| Proverbs 20:28 | Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love. | 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. The splendor of old men is their gray hair. | The glory of young men is their strength, and the honour of old men is their grey hairs. |
| Proverbs 20:30 | Wounding blows cleanse away evil, And beatings purge the innermost parts. | By the wounds of the rod evil is taken away, and blows make clean the deepest parts of the body. |
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