  THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON
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  20:1  Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever 
        is deceived thereby is not wise.

  20:2  The fear 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 honour 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 in 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  Divers weights, [and] divers measures, both of them [are] 
         alike 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] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but when he 
         is 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  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: and 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 at the beginning; 
         but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

  20:22  Say not thou, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the LORD, 
         and he shall save thee.

  20:23  Divers weights [are] an abomination unto the LORD; and a false 
         balance [is] not good.

  20:24  Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand 
         his own way?

  20:25  [It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is] holy, 
         and after vows to make inquiry.

  20:26  A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel 
         over them.

  20:27  The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD, searching all 
         the inward parts of the belly.

  20:28  Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden 
         by mercy.

  20:29  The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty of 
         old men [is] the grey head.

  20:30  The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so [do] stripes 
         the inward parts of the belly.



