﻿Proverbs.
Chapter 20.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; whoever is led astray by it is not wise. 
The terror of a king is like the roar of a young lion; whoever provokes him endangers his own life. 
It is an honor for a man to keep away from strife, but every fool breaks into a quarrel. 
The sluggard does not plow in the cold season; at harvest he will ask and have nothing. 
Counsel in a man’s heart is deep water, but a person of understanding draws it out. 
Many a man proclaims his own loyalty, but who can find a faithful man? 
A righteous man walks in his integrity; blessed are his children after him! 
A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows out all evil with his eyes. 
Who can say, “I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin”? 
Unequal weights and unequal measures—both are an abomination to the LORD. 
Even a child is known by his actions, whether his conduct is pure and upright. 
The hearing ear and the seeing eye—the LORD has made them both. 
Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread. 
“Bad, bad!” says the buyer, but when he goes away, then he boasts. 
There is gold and an abundance of jewels, but lips of knowledge are a precious treasure. 
Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; take a pledge from him on behalf of a foreign woman. 
Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel. 
Plans are established by counsel; wage war with wise guidance. 
A gossip goes about revealing secrets; do not associate with one whose lips are always open. 
Whoever curses his father or his mother will have his lamp put out in the deepest darkness. 
An inheritance gained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed in the end. 
Do not say, “I will repay evil.” Wait for the LORD, and he will save you. 
Unequal weights are an abomination to the LORD, and a false balance is not good. 
A man’s steps are from the LORD; how then can a man understand his way? 
It is a snare for a man to say rashly, “It is holy,” and only afterward consider his vows. 
A wise king winnows the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them. 
The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all the innermost parts of the body. 
Kindness and faithfulness guard a king, and by kindness he upholds his throne. 
The glory of young men is their strength, and the splendor of the aged is gray hair. 
Blows that wound scour away evil, and beatings cleanse the innermost parts of the body. 
