Proverbs 20 — ILT
20Verse 1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is noisy; and whosoever indulgeth therein will never be wise.Verse 2Like the roaring of a young lion is the dread of a king: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.Verse 3It is an honor for a man to cease from a contest; but every fool enrageth himself.Verse 4Because it is winter's cold, will the sluggard not plough: when he therefore seeketh in the harvest time, there will be nothing.Verse 5Like deep water is counsel in the heart of man; but the man of understanding will draw it out.Verse 6Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; but who can find a faithful man?Verse 7The righteous walketh in his integrity: happy will be his children after him.Verse 8A king that sitteth on the throne of justice scattereth away with his eyes all evil.Verse 9Who can say, I have made my heart pure, I am cleansed from my sin.Verse 10Divers weights, and divers measures, are both of them alike an abomination of the Lord.Verse 11Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, whether his work will be pure, and whether it will be upright.Verse 12The ear that heareth, and the eye that seeth, the Lord hath made both of them alike.Verse 13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty: open thy eyes, so wilt thou be satisfied with bread.Verse 14It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then doth he boast.Verse 15There is gold, and a multitude of pearls; but a precious vessel are the lips of knowledge.Verse 16Take away his garment, because he hath become surety for a stranger; and on account of a strange woman take a pledge from him.Verse 17Bread of falsehood is pleasant to a man; but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel-stones.Verse 18Plans are established by counsel; and with wise reflection conduct war.Verse 19He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that enticeth with his lips.Verse 20Whoso curseth his father or his mother—his lamp shall be quenched in obscure darkness.Verse 21An inheritance hastily gotten at the beginning will at its end not be blessed,Verse 22Do not say, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the Lord, and he will help thee.Verse 23Divers weights are an abomination of the Lord; and a deceitful balance is not good.Verse 24From the Lord are the steps of man [ordained]; but man— how can he understand his own way?Verse 25It is a snare to a man to sanctify things hastily, and to make inquiry only after having made vows.Verse 26A wise king scattereth the wicked, and turneth over them the threshing-wheel.Verse 27A lamp of the Lord is the soul of man, searching all the inner chambers of the body.Verse 28Kindness and truth will watch over a king, and he will prop up through kindness his throne.Verse 29The ornament of young men is their strength; and the glory of old men is a hoary head.Verse 30The bruises of a wound are cleansing means for the bad, and stripes [will reach] the inner chambers of the body.