Proverbs 20

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1} Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

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2} The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life.

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3} It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.

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4} The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.

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5} The purpose in a man's heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.

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6} Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find?

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7} The righteous who walks in his integrity-- blessed are his children after him!

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8} A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes.

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9} Who can say, "I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin"?

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10} Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.

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11} Even a child makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.

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12} The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the LORD has made them both.

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13} Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.

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14} "Bad, bad," says the buyer, but when he goes away, then he boasts.

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15} There is gold and abundance of costly stones, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

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16} Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.

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17} Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.

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18} Plans are established by counsel; by wise guidance wage war.

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19} Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler.

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20} If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.

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21} An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

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22} Do not say, "I will repay evil"; wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.

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23} Unequal weights are an abomination to the LORD, and false scales are not good.

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24} A man's steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way?

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25} It is a snare to say rashly, "It is holy," and to reflect only after making vows.

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26} A wise king winnows the wicked and drives the wheel over them.

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27} The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts.

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28} Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his throne is upheld.

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29} The glory of young men is their strength, but the splendor of old men is their gray hair.

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30} Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean the innermost parts.