Thematic Bible
Proverbs 20:1 (show verse)
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
Proverbs 20:2 (show verse)
The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life.
Proverbs 20:3 (show verse)
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
Proverbs 20:4 (show verse)
The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
Proverbs 20:5 (show verse)
The purpose in a man's heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Proverbs 20:6 (show verse)
Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find?
Proverbs 20:7 (show verse)
The righteous who walks in his integrity-- blessed are his children after him!
Proverbs 20:8 (show verse)
A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes.
Proverbs 20:9 (show verse)
Who can say, "I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin"?
Proverbs 20:10 (show verse)
Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
Proverbs 20:11 (show verse)
Even a child makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.
Proverbs 20:12 (show verse)
The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the LORD has made them both.
Proverbs 20:13 (show verse)
Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
Proverbs 20:14 (show verse)
"Bad, bad," says the buyer, but when he goes away, then he boasts.
Proverbs 20:15 (show verse)
There is gold and abundance of costly stones, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Proverbs 20:16 (show verse)
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.
Proverbs 20:17 (show verse)
Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.
Proverbs 20:18 (show verse)
Plans are established by counsel; by wise guidance wage war.
Proverbs 20:19 (show verse)
Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler.
Proverbs 20:20 (show verse)
If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
Proverbs 20:21 (show verse)
An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
Proverbs 20:22 (show verse)
Do not say, "I will repay evil"; wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.
Proverbs 20:23 (show verse)
Unequal weights are an abomination to the LORD, and false scales are not good.
Proverbs 20:24 (show verse)
A man's steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way?
Proverbs 20:25 (show verse)
It is a snare to say rashly, "It is holy," and to reflect only after making vows.
Proverbs 20:26 (show verse)
A wise king winnows the wicked and drives the wheel over them.
Proverbs 20:27 (show verse)
The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts.
Proverbs 20:28 (show verse)
Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his throne is upheld.
Proverbs 20:29 (show verse)
The glory of young men is their strength, but the splendor of old men is their gray hair.
Proverbs 20:30 (show verse)
Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean the innermost parts.