Thematic Bible
Proverbs 20:1 (show verse)
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whoever goes astray by it is not wise.
Proverbs 20:2 (show verse)
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion; whoever stirs him up to anger sins against his own soul.
Proverbs 20:3 (show verse)
It is an honor for a man to cease from strife, but every fool exposes himself.
Proverbs 20:4 (show verse)
The lazy one will not plow; after the autumn he shall beg in harvest and have nothing.
Proverbs 20:5 (show verse)
Wisdom in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Proverbs 20:6 (show verse)
Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, but a faithful man who can find?
Proverbs 20:7 (show verse)
The just walks in his integrity; his sons are blessed after him.
Proverbs 20:8 (show verse)
A king who sits in the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
Proverbs 20:9 (show verse)
Who can say, I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin?
Proverbs 20:10 (show verse)
Different kinds of weights, different kinds of measures, both are hateful to Jehovah.
Proverbs 20:11 (show verse)
Even a child is known by his own doings, whether his work is pure and whether it is right.
Proverbs 20:12 (show verse)
The hearing ear and the seeing eye, Jehovah has made both of them.
Proverbs 20:13 (show verse)
Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes and you shall be satisfied with bread.
Proverbs 20:14 (show verse)
It is bad! Bad, says the buyer; but when it is left to him, then he boasts.
Proverbs 20:15 (show verse)
There is gold and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
Proverbs 20:16 (show verse)
Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger; and take a pledge from him for strangers.
Proverbs 20:17 (show verse)
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Proverbs 20:18 (show verse)
Purposes are established by counsel; and with good advice make war.
Proverbs 20:19 (show verse)
A gossip is a revealer of secrets; so do not mix with him who flatters with his lips.
Proverbs 20:20 (show verse)
Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in deep darkness.
Proverbs 20:21 (show verse)
An inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, even the end of it shall not be blessed.
Proverbs 20:22 (show verse)
Do not say, I will repay evil; wait on Jehovah, and He will save you.
Proverbs 20:23 (show verse)
Different kinds of weights are hateful to Jehovah, and a false balance is not good.
Proverbs 20:24 (show verse)
Man's steps are of Jehovah; how can a man then understand his own way?
Proverbs 20:25 (show verse)
It is a snare to a man to say rashly, A holy thing, and afterward vows to ask about it.
Proverbs 20:26 (show verse)
A wise king scatters the wicked and brings the wheel over them.
Proverbs 20:27 (show verse)
The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
Proverbs 20:28 (show verse)
Mercy and truth preserve the king; and his throne is upheld by mercy.
Proverbs 20:29 (show verse)
The glory of young men is their strength; and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
Proverbs 20:30 (show verse)
The stripes of a wound cleanses away evil, and strokes the inward parts of the belly.