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20:1  Wine makes people act in a foolish way. Strong drink starts fights. Whoever is fooled by it is not wise.
20:2  The anger of a king is like the noise of a lion. He who makes him angry gives up his own life.
20:3  It is an honor for a man to keep away from fighting, but any fool will argue.
20:4  The lazy man does not plow before winter. So he begs during gathering time and has nothing.
20:5  The plan in a man’s heart is like water in a deep well, but a man of understanding gets it out.
20:6  Many men tell about their own loving-kindness and good ways but who can find a faithful man?
20:7  How happy are the sons of a man who is right with God and walks in honor!
20:8  A king who sits on his throne to judge finds out all sin with his eyes.
20:9  Who can say, “I have made my heart clean, and I am pure from my sin?”
20:10  The Lord hates the use of tools that lie about how heavy or how long something is.
20:11  A young man makes himself known by his actions and proves if his ways are pure and right.
20:12  The hearing ear and the seeing eye were both made by the Lord.
20:13  Do not love sleep, or you will become poor. Open your eyes, and you will be filled with food.
20:14  “It is bad, it is bad,” says the one who buys, but when he goes away, he talks much about his good buy.
20:15  There is gold and many stones of great worth, but the lips of much learning are worth more.
20:16  Take a man’s coat when he has given himself as trust for what a stranger owes. And hold him to his promise when he gives himself as trust for what the people from other lands owe.
20:17  Bread a man gets by lying is sweet to him, but later his mouth will be filled with sand.
20:18  Make plans by listening to what others have to say, and make war by listening to the leading of wise men.
20:19  He who goes about talking to hurt people makes secrets known. So do not be with those who talk about others.
20:20  If a son talks against his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in the time of darkness.
20:21  A large gift received at one time in a hurry will not bring good in the end.
20:22  Do not say, “I will punish wrong-doing.” Wait on the Lord, and He will take care of it.
20:23  Giving the wrong weight is hated by the Lord. And weighing something wrong is not good.
20:24  A man’s steps are decided by the Lord. How can anyone understand his own way?
20:25  It is a trap for a man to say without thinking, “It is holy,” and then later think more about what he has promised.
20:26  A wise king puts the sinful aside and crushes the grain over them.
20:27  The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord. It shows all the inside parts of his heart.
20:28  A king will stay in power as long as he is faithful and true. He can stay on his throne if he does what is right and good.
20:29  The honor of young men is their strength. And the honor of old men is their hair turning white.
20:30  Beatings that hurt clean away sin. And beatings make even the inside parts clean.