The Book of Proverbs

Chapter-20

Proverbs 20:1 It is a luxurious thing, wine, and inebriation is tumultuous. Anyone who is delighted by this will not be wise.

 

Proverbs 20:2 Just like the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king. Whoever provokes him sins in his own soul.

 

Proverbs 20:3 Honor is for the man who separates himself from contentions. But all the foolish meddle in altercations.

 

Proverbs 20:4 Because of the cold, the lazy one was not willing to plough. Therefore, in the summer, he will beg, and it will not be given to him.

 

Proverbs 20:5 Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep waters. But a wise man will draw it out.

 

Proverbs 20:6 Many men are called merciful. But who will find a faithful man?

 

Proverbs 20:7 The just who walks in his simplicity shall leave behind him blessed sons.

 

Proverbs 20:8 The king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters all evil with his gaze.

 

Proverbs 20:9 Who is able to say: “My heart is clean. I am pure from sin?”

 

Proverbs 20:10 Diverse weights, diverse measures: both are abominable with God.

 

Proverbs 20:11 A child may be understood by his interests: whether his works may be clean and upright.

 

Proverbs 20:12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye: the Lord has made them both.

 

Proverbs 20:13 Do not love sleep, lest deprivation oppress you. Open your eyes and be satisfied with bread.

 

Proverbs 20:14 “It is bad, it is bad,” says every buyer; and when he has withdrawn, then he will boast.

 

Proverbs 20:15 There is gold, and there are a multitude of jewels. But lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.

 

Proverbs 20:16 Take away the vestments of him who stands up to vouch for a stranger, and take a pledge from him instead of from outsiders.

 

Proverbs 20:17 The bread of lies is sweet to a man. But afterwards, his mouth will be filled with pebbles.

 

Proverbs 20:18 Plans are strengthened by counsels. And wars are to be handled by governments.

 

Proverbs 20:19 Do not become involved with him who reveals mysteries, and who walks deceitfully, and who enlarges his lips.

 

Proverbs 20:20 Whoever curses his father and mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the midst of darkness.

 

Proverbs 20:21 When an inheritance is obtained hastily in the beginning, in the end it will be without a blessing.

 

Proverbs 20:22 Do not say, “I will repay evil.” Wait for the Lord, and he will free you.

 

Proverbs 20:23 Diverse weights are an abomination with the Lord. A deceitful balance is not good.

 

Proverbs 20:24 The steps of men are directed by the Lord. But who is the man able to understand his own way?

 

Proverbs 20:25 It is ruin for a man to devour what is holy, or, after making vows, to retract them.

 

Proverbs 20:26 A wise king scatters the impious and bends an archway over them.

 

Proverbs 20:27 The spirit of a man is a lamp to the Lord, which investigates all the secrets of the inner self.

 

Proverbs 20:28 Mercy and truth guard the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency.

 

Proverbs 20:29 The joy of youths is their strength. And the dignity of old men is their grey hairs.

 

Proverbs 20:30 The bruise of a wound, as well as scourges, shall wipe away evils in the more secret places of the inner self.