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Proverbs 20

30 verses · King James Version

  1. 1Wine a mocker, strong drink raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.Compare translations of Proverbs 20:1
  2. 2The fear of a king as the roaring of a lion: provoketh him to anger sinneth his own soul.Compare translations of Proverbs 20:2
  3. 3an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.Compare translations of Proverbs 20:3
  4. 4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; shall he beg in harvest, and nothing.Compare translations of Proverbs 20:4
  5. 5Counsel in the heart of man deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.Compare translations of Proverbs 20:5
  6. 6Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?Compare translations of Proverbs 20:6
  7. 7The just walketh in his integrity: his children blessed after him.Compare translations of Proverbs 20:7
  8. 8A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.Compare translations of Proverbs 20:8
  9. 9Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?Compare translations of Proverbs 20:9
  10. 10Divers weights, divers measures, both of them alike abomination to the LORD.Compare translations of Proverbs 20:10
  11. 11Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work pure, and whether right.Compare translations of Proverbs 20:11
  12. 12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.Compare translations of Proverbs 20:12
  13. 13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, thou shalt be satisfied with bread.Compare translations of Proverbs 20:13
  14. 14naught, naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.Compare translations of Proverbs 20:14
  15. 15There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge a precious jewel.Compare translations of Proverbs 20:15
  16. 16Take his garment that is surety a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.Compare translations of Proverbs 20:16
  17. 17Bread of deceit sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.Compare translations of Proverbs 20:17
  18. 18purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.Compare translations of Proverbs 20:18
  19. 19He that goeth about a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.Compare translations of Proverbs 20:19
  20. 20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.Compare translations of Proverbs 20:20
  21. 21An inheritance gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.Compare translations of Proverbs 20:21
  22. 22Say not thou, I will recompense evil; wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.Compare translations of Proverbs 20:22
  23. 23Divers weights an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance not good.Compare translations of Proverbs 20:23
  24. 24Man’s goings of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?Compare translations of Proverbs 20:24
  25. 25a snare to the man devoureth holy, and after vows to make enquiry.Compare translations of Proverbs 20:25
  26. 26A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.Compare translations of Proverbs 20:26
  27. 27The spirit of man the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.Compare translations of Proverbs 20:27
  28. 28Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.Compare translations of Proverbs 20:28
  29. 29The glory of young men their strength: and the beauty of old men the grey head.Compare translations of Proverbs 20:29
  30. 30The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so stripes the inward parts of the belly.Compare translations of Proverbs 20:30