Proverbs 20

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1} Wine is a mocker! Strong drink leads to brawls. He who is intoxicated by it is not wise.

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2} Fear of a king is like the roar of a lion. Provoke him to anger and sin against yourself.

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3} It is an honor for a man to cease from discord. Only fools start quarrels.

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4} The lazy man will not plow because of the cold. He will beg during harvest and have nothing.

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5} Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water and a man of understanding will draw it out.

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6} Most men proclaim their own loyalty; but who can find a trustworthy man?

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7} The righteous man walks in his integrity. He blesses his children.

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8} When a king sits on the throne of judgment he scatters away evil with his eyes.

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9} Who can say: I have made my heart clean. I am pure from my sin?

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10} Differing weights and differing measures, both of them are an abomination to Jehovah.

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11} Even a child is known by his deeds, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.

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

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13} Do not love sleep or you will come to poverty. Open your eyes and be satisfied with bread.

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14} Good for nothing, cries the buyer. But when he goes his way he boasts about the purchase.

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15} There is gold and a multitude of rubies, but the lips that speak knowledge are more precious than jewels.

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16} Take his garment that is surety for a stranger and hold it as a pledge for a seductress.

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17} Bread taken by deceit tastes sweet to a man. Afterwards his mouth will be filled with gravel.

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18} Good counsel makes for good plans. Seek good counsel if you wage war.

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19} A gossip reveals secrets. So avoid a man who speaks flattering words.

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20} He who curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in obscure darkness.

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21} An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but in the end it will not be blessed.

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22} Do not say: I will recompense evil. Instead wait on Jehovah, and he will save you.

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23} Many and different weights are an abomination to Jehovah and a false balance is not good.

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24} Jehovah directs man's steps. How can man understand his own way?

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25} It is dangerous to make a vow to God before counting the cost.

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26} A wise king sifts out the wicked. He rolls the threshing wheel over them.

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27} The breath of man is the candle of Jehovah, searching all the inward parts of him.

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28} Loving-kindness and truth preserve the king and his throne is upheld by loving-kindness.

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29} The glory of young men is their strength. The honor of old men is their gray haired [wisdom and experience].

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30} It takes a painful experience to cleanse our hearts.