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20:1  Wine is a mocker, strong drink is enraging; and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
20:2  The wrath of a king is as the roaring of a lion; whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
20:3  It is an honor for a man to cease from strife, but every fool will be meddling.
20:4  The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he 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  Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness; but a faithful man, who can find?
20:7  The just man walketh in his integrity; his children are blessed after him.
20:8  A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
20:9  Who can say, “I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin”?
20:10  Differing weights and differing measures—both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.
20:11  Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure and whether it be right.
20:12  The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them.
20:13  Love not sleep lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
20:14  “It is nought, it is worthless!” saith the buyer; but when he has gone his way, then he boasteth.
20:15  There is gold and a multitude of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
20:16  Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
20:17  The bread of deceit is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
20:18  Every purpose is established by counsel, but only with good advice make war.
20:19  He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
20:20  Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
20:21  An inheritance may be gotten hastily in the beginning, but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
20:22  Say thou not, “I will recompense evil”; but wait on the Lord, and He shall save thee.
20:23  Differing weights are an abomination unto the Lord, and a false balance is not good.
20:24  Man’s goings are of the Lord; how then can a man understand his own way?
20:25  It is a snare for a man to devour that which is holy, and after vows to make inquiry.
20:26  A wise king scattereth the wicked, and driveth the wheel over them.
20:27  The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of his being.
20:28  Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by mercy.
20:29  The glory of young men is their strength, and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
20:30  The bruising of a wound cleanseth away evil—so also do stripes the inward parts of the being.