20:1 Wine 3196 [is] a mocker 3887 8801, strong drink 7941 [is] raging 1993 8802: and whosoever is deceived 7686 8802 thereby is not wise 2449 8799.

20:2 The fear 367 of a king 4428 [is] as the roaring 5099 of a lion 3715: [whoso] provoketh him to anger 5674 8693 sinneth 2398 8802 [against] his own soul 5315.

20:3 [It is] an honour 3519 for a man 376 to cease 7674 from strife 7379: but every fool 191 will be meddling 1566 8691.

20:4 The sluggard 6102 will not plow 2790 8799 by reason of the cold 2779; [therefore] shall he beg 7592 8804 8675 7592 8799 in harvest 7105, and [have] nothing.(cold: or, winter)

20:5 Counsel 6098 in the heart 3820 of man 376 [is like] deep 6013 water 4325; but a man 376 of understanding 8394 will draw it out 1802 8799.

20:6 Most 7230 men 120 will proclaim 7121 8799 every one 376 his own goodness 2617: but a faithful 529 man 376 who can find 4672 8799?(goodness: or, bounty)

20:7 The just 6662 [man] walketh 1980 8693 in his integrity 8537: his children 1121 [are] blessed 835 after 310 him.

20:8 A king 4428 that sitteth in 3427 8802 the throne 3678 of judgment 1779 scattereth away 2219 8764 all evil 7451 with his eyes 5869.

20:9 Who can say 559 8799, I have made my heart 3820 clean 2135 8765, I am pure 2891 8804 from my sin 2403?

20:10 Divers weights 68 68, [and] divers measures 374 374, both 8147 of them [are] alike 1571 abomination 8441 to the LORD 3068.(Divers weights: Heb. A stone and a stone)(divers measures: Heb. an ephah and an ephah)

20:11 Even a child 5288 is known 5234 8691 by his doings 4611, whether his work 6467 [be] pure 2134, and whether [it be] right 3477.

20:12 The hearing 8085 8802 ear 241, and the seeing 7200 8802 eye 5869, the LORD 3068 hath made 6213 8804 even both 8147 of them.

20:13 Love 157 8799 not sleep 8142, lest thou come to poverty 3423 8735; open 6491 8798 thine eyes 5869, [and] thou shalt be satisfied 7646 8798 with bread 3899.

20:14 [It is] naught 7451, [it is] naught 7451, saith 559 8799 the buyer 7069 8802: but when he is gone 235 8801 his way, then he boasteth 1984 8691.

20:15 There is 3426 gold 2091, and a multitude 7230 of rubies 6443: but the lips 8193 of knowledge 1847 [are] a precious 3366 jewel 3627.

20:16 Take 3947 8798 his garment 899 that is surety 6148 8804 [for] a stranger 2114 8801: and take a pledge 2254 8798 of him for a strange woman 5237.

20:17 Bread 3899 of deceit 8267 [is] sweet 6156 to a man 376; but afterwards 310 his mouth 6310 shall be filled 4390 8735 with gravel 2687.(deceit: Heb. lying, or, falsehood)

20:18 [Every] purpose 4284 is established 3559 8735 by counsel 6098: and with good advice 8458 make 6213 8798 war 4421.

20:19 He that goeth about 1980 8802 [as] a talebearer 7400 revealeth 1540 8802 secrets 5475: therefore meddle 6148 8691 not with him that flattereth 6601 8802 with his lips 8193.(flattereth: or, enticeth)

20:20 Whoso curseth 7043 8764 his father 1 or his mother 517, his lamp 5216 shall be put out 1846 8799 in obscure 380 8676 380 darkness 2822.(lamp: or, candle)

20:21 An inheritance 5159 [may be] gotten hastily 926 8794 8675 973 8794 at the beginning 7223; but the end 319 thereof shall not be blessed 1288 8792.

20:22 Say 559 8799 not thou, I will recompense 7999 8762 evil 7451; [but] wait on 6960 8761 the LORD 3068, and he shall save 3467 8686 thee.

20:23 Divers weights 68 68 [are] an abomination 8441 unto the LORD 3068; and a false 4820 balance 3976 [is] not good 2896.(a false…: Heb. balance of deceit)

20:24 Man's 1397 goings 4703 [are] of the LORD 3068; how can a man 120 then understand 995 8799 his own way 1870?

20:25 [It is] a snare 4170 to the man 120 [who] devoureth 3216 8804 [that which is] holy 6944, and after 310 vows 5088 to make enquiry 1239 8763.

20:26 A wise 2450 king 4428 scattereth 2219 8764 the wicked 7563, and bringeth 7725 8686 the wheel 212 over them.

20:27 The spirit 5397 of man 120 [is] the candle 5216 of the LORD 3068, searching 2664 8802 all the inward parts 2315 of the belly 990.(candle: or, lamp)

20:28 Mercy 2617 and truth 571 preserve 5341 8799 the king 4428: and his throne 3678 is upholden 5582 8804 by mercy 2617.

20:29 The glory 8597 of young men 970 [is] their strength 3581: and the beauty 1926 of old men 2205 [is] the gray head 7872.

20:30 The blueness 2250 of a wound 6482 cleanseth 8562 away evil 7451: so [do] stripes 4347 the inward parts 2315 of the belly 990.(cleanseth…: Heb. is a purging medicine against)

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