Proverbs 20 — WBMS
20Verse 1Wine is a lecherous thing, and drunkenness is full of noise; whoever delighteth in these, shall not be wise.Verse 2As the roaring of a lion, so and the dread of a king; he that stirreth him to ire, sinneth against his soul.Verse 3It is honour to a man that separateth himself from strivings; but fond men be meddled [or fools shall be mingled] with despisings.Verse 4A slow man would not ear for cold; therefore he shall beg in summer, and men shall not give to him.Verse 5As deep water, so counsel is in the heart of a man; but a wise man shall draw it out.Verse 6Many men be called merciful; but who shall find a faithful man?Verse 7Forsooth a just [or rightwise] man that goeth in his simpleness, shall leave blessed sons after him.Verse 8A king that sitteth in the seat of doom, destroyeth all evil by his looking.Verse 9Who may say, Mine heart is clean; I am clean of sin?Verse 10A weight, greater in buying, and a weight, lesser in selling, a measure and a measure, ever either is abominable at God.Verse 11A child is understood by his studies, if his works be rightful [or right] and clean.Verse 12An ear hearing, and an eye seeing, [or The hearing ear, and the seeing eye], God made ever either.Verse 13Do not thou love sleep, lest needi-ness oppress thee; open thine eyes, and be thou [ful] filled with loaves.Verse 14Each buyer saith, It is evil, it is evil; and when he hath gone away, then he shall have glory.Verse 15Gold, and the multitude of gems, and a precious vessel, be the lips of knowing.Verse 16Take thou away the cloth of him that was a borrow of another man; and for strangers take thou away a wed from him.Verse 17The bread of a leasing, that is, gotten by a leasing, is sweet to a man; and afterward his mouth shall be filled with reckoning [or with little pebble stones].Verse 18Thoughts be made strong by counsels; and battles shall be treated by governances.Verse 19Be thou not meddled [or mingled] with him that showeth privates, and goeth guilefully, and alargeth his lips.Verse 20The light of him that curseth his father and mother, shall be quenched in the midst of darknesses.Verse 21Heritage to which men hasteth in the beginning, shall want blessing in the last time.Verse 22Say thou not, I shall yield evil for evil; abide thou the Lord, and he shall deliver thee.Verse 23Abomination with God is weight and weight; a guileful balance is not good.Verse 24The steps of man be dressed of the Lord; who forsooth of men may understand his way?Verse 25Falling of man is to make avow [or vow] to saints, and afterward to withdraw the vows.Verse 26A wise king scattereth wicked men; and boweth a bow of victory, that is, a stone bow, over them.Verse 27The lantern of the Lord is the spirit of man, that seeketh out all the privates of the womb.Verse 28Mercy and truth keep a king; and his throne is made strong by meekness.Verse 29The full out joying of young men is the strength of them; and the dignity of eld [or old] men is hoariness.Verse 30The wanness of wound shall wipe away evils, and wounds in the privier things of the womb.