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20:1  Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
20:2  The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
20:3  It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.
20:4  The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
20:5  Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
20:6  Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?
20:7  A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.
20:8  A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
20:9  Who can say, "I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?"
20:10  Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
20:11  Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
20:12  The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them.
20:13  Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
20:14  "It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
20:15  There is gold and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
20:16  Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
20:17  Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
20:18  Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
20:19  He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don't keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
20:20  Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
20:21  An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won't be blessed in the end.
20:22  Don't say, "I will pay back evil." Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.
20:23  Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
20:24  A man's steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?
20:25  It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.
20:26  A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.
20:27  The spirit of man is Yahweh's lamp, searching all his innermost parts.
20:28  Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.
20:29  The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
20:30  Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.