Proverbs 20

¹Wine is a scorner—strong drink is noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.

²The fear of a king is a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be angry is wronging his soul.

³Cessation from strife is an honor to a man, And every fool interferes.

⁴The slothful does not plow because of winter, He asks in harvest, and there is nothing.

⁵Counsel in the heart of a man is deep water, And a man of understanding draws it up.

⁶A multitude of men each proclaim his kindness, And a man of steadfastness who finds?

⁷The righteous is habitually walking in his integrity, O the blessedness of his sons after him!

⁸A king sitting on a throne of judgment, Is scattering all evil with his eyes,

⁹Who says, “I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?”

¹⁰A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them are an abomination to YHWH.

¹¹Even by his actions a youth makes himself known, Whether his work is pure or upright.

¹²A hearing ear, and a seeing eye—YHWH has even made both of them.

¹³Do not love sleep, lest you become poor, Open your eyes—be satisfied with bread.

¹⁴“Bad, bad,” says the buyer, And then he boasts himself going his way.

¹⁵Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Indeed, a precious vessel, are lips of knowledge.

¹⁶When a stranger has been guarantor, take his garment, And pledge it for strangers.

¹⁷The bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, And afterward his mouth is filled with gravel.

¹⁸You establish purposes by counsel, And with plans you make war.

¹⁹The busybody is a revealer of secret counsels, And do not make yourself guarantor for a deceiver with his lips.

²⁰Whoever is vilifying his father and his mother, his lamp is extinguished in blackness of darkness.

²¹An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed.

²²Do not say, “I repay evil,” Wait for YHWH, and He delivers you.

²³A stone and a stone are an abomination to YHWH, And balances of deceit are not good.

²⁴The steps of a man are from YHWH, And man—how does he understand his way?

²⁵A snare to a man that he has swallowed a holy thing, And to make inquiry after vows.

²⁶A wise king is scattering the wicked, And turns the wheel back on them.

²⁷The breath of man is a lamp of YHWH, Searching all the inner parts of the heart.

²⁸Kindness and truth keep a king, And he has supported his throne by kindness.

²⁹The beauty of young men is their strength, And the honor of old men is grey hairs.

³⁰Blows that wound cleanse away evil, Also the scourges of the inner parts of the heart!

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