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