| Chapter 20 |
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Wine is a scorner, strong drink is raging; and whoso erreth thereby is not wise. --
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The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. --
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It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it. --
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The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. --
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Counsel in the heart of man is deep water, and a man of understanding draweth it out. --
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Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; but a faithful man who shall find? --
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The righteous walketh in his integrity: blessed are his children after him! --
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A king sitting on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. --
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Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? --
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10 |
Divers weights, divers measures, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah. --
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Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. --
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The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them. --
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Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread. --
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14 |
Bad! bad! saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. --
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There is gold, and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a precious Jewel. --
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Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for strangers. --
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Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. --
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18 |
Plans are established by counsel; and with good advice make war. --
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He that goeth about talebearing revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth his lips. --
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20 |
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness. --
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21 |
An inheritance obtained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed in the end. --
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Say not, I will recompense evil: wait on Jehovah, and he shall save thee. --
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Divers weights are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good. --
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The steps of a man are from Jehovah; and how can a man understand his own way? --
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It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is hallowed, and after vows to make inquiry. --
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A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. --
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Man's spirit is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the inner parts of the belly. --
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Mercy and truth preserve the king; and he upholdeth his throne by mercy. --
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29 |
The glory of young men is their strength; and the beauty of old men is the grey head. --
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30 |
Wounding stripes purge away evil, and strokes [purge] the inner parts of the belly. --
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