Pro Proverbs, chapter Proverbs of Solomon, chapter 20
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler;
And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.Isa 28:7; Eph 5:18
The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion:
He that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own life.Pro 19:12
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife;
But every fool will be quarrelling.
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter;
Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water;
But a man of understanding will draw it out.Pro 18:4
Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness;
But a faithful man who can find?Mat 6:2; Luk 18:8
A righteous man that walketh in his integrity,
Blessed are his children after him.Deu 7:13
A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment
Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
Who can say, I have made my heart clean,
I am pure from my sin?1Ki 8:46; 2Ch 6:36; Job 14:4; Psa 51:5; 1Jn 1:8
Diverse weights, and diverse measures,
Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.Pro 11:1
Even a child maketh himself known by his doings,
Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye,
Jehovah hath made even both of them.Exo 4:11; Psa 94:9
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty;
Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer;
But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
There is gold, and abundance of rubies;
But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger;
And hold him in pledge that is surety for foreigners.Pro 27:13
Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man;
But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Every purpose is established by counsel;
And by wise guidance make thou war.
He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets;
Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.Pro 11:13
Whoso curseth his father or his mother,
His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.Exo 21:17; Lev 20:9; Mat 15:4; Mrk 7:10
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning;
But the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Say not thou, I will recompense evil:
Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.Pro 17:13
Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah;
And a false balance is not good.
A man’s goings are of Jehovah;
How then can man understand his way?Psa 37:23
It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy,
And after vows to make inquiry.Act 5:4
A wise king winnoweth the wicked,
And bringeth the threshing-wheel over them.Pro 20:8
The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah,
Searching all his innermost parts.
Kindness and truth preserve the king;
And his throne is upholden by kindness.Pro 16:12
The glory of young men is their strength;
And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.Pro 16:31
Stripes that wound cleanse away evil;
And strokes reach the innermost parts.