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20:1  Wine is a mocker, Strong drink is a brawler, And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
20:2  The wrath of a king is like the roaring of a lion; Whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own life.
20:3  It is honorable for a man to stop striving, Since any fool can start a quarrel.
20:4  The lazy man will not plow because of winter; He will beg during 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  Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, But who can find a faithful man?
20:7  The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him.
20:8  A king who sits on the throne of judgment Scatters all evil with his eyes.
20:9  Who can say, “I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin”?
20:10  Diverse weights and diverse measures, They are both alike, an abomination to the Lord.
20:11  Even a child is known by his deeds, Whether what he does is pure and right.
20:12  The hearing ear and the seeing eye, The Lord has made them both.
20:13  Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.
20:14  “It is good for nothing,” cries the buyer; But when he has gone his way, then he boasts.
20:15  There is gold and a multitude of rubies, But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
20:16  Take the garment of one who is surety for a stranger, And hold it as a pledge when it is for a seductress.
20:17  Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
20:18  Plans are established by counsel; By wise counsel wage war.
20:19  He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; Therefore do not associate with one who flatters with his lips.
20:20  Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.
20:21  An inheritance gained hastily at the beginning Will not be blessed at the end.
20:22  Do not say, “I will recompense evil”; Wait for the Lord, and He will save you.
20:23  Diverse weights are an abomination to the Lord, And dishonest scales are not good.
20:24  A man’s steps are of the Lord; How then can a man understand his own way?
20:25  It is a snare for a man to devote rashly something as holy, And afterward to reconsider his vows.
20:26  A wise king sifts out the wicked, And brings the threshing wheel over them.
20:27  The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, Searching all the inner depths of his heart.
20:28  Mercy and truth preserve the king, And by lovingkindness he upholds his throne.
20:29  The glory of young men is their strength, And the splendor of old men is their gray head.
20:30  Blows that hurt cleanse away evil, As do stripes the inner depths of the heart.