Pro20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
Pro20:2 The dread anger of a king is like the growling of a lion; anyone who provokes him to anger forfeits life itself.
Pro20:3 It is honorable to refrain from strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.
Pro20:4 The lazy person does not plow in season; harvest comes, and there is nothing to be found.
Pro20:5 The purposes in the human mind are like deep water, but the intelligent will draw them out.
Pro20:6 Many proclaim themselves loyal, but who can find one worthy of trust?
Pro20:7 The righteous walk in integrity-- happy are the children who follow them!
Pro20:8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes.
Pro20:9 Who can say, "I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin"?
Pro20:10 Diverse weights and diverse measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
Pro20:11 Even children make themselves known by their acts, by whether what they do is pure and right.
Pro20:12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye-- the LORD has made them both.
Pro20:13 Do not love sleep, or else you will come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
Pro20:14 "Bad, bad," says the buyer, then goes away and boasts.
Pro20:15 There is gold, and abundance of costly stones; but the lips informed by knowledge are a precious jewel.
Pro20:16 Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger; seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.
Pro20:17 Bread gained by deceit is sweet, but afterward the mouth will be full of gravel.
Pro20:18 Plans are established by taking advice; wage war by following wise guidance.
Pro20:19 A gossip reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a babbler.
Pro20:20 If you curse father or mother, your lamp will go out in utter darkness.
Pro20:21 An estate quickly acquired in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
Pro20:22 Do not say, "I will repay evil"; wait for the LORD, and he will help you.
Pro20:23 Differing weights are an abomination to the LORD, and false scales are not good.
Pro20:24 All our steps are ordered by the LORD; how then can we understand our own ways?
Pro20:25 It is a snare for one to say rashly, "It is holy," and begin to reflect only after making a vow.
Pro20:26 A wise king winnows the wicked, and drives the wheel over them.
Pro20:27 The human spirit is the lamp of the LORD, searching every inmost part.
Pro20:28 Loyalty and faithfulness preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by righteousness.
Pro20:29 The glory of youths is their strength, but the beauty of the aged is their gray hair.
Pro20:30 Blows that wound cleanse away evil; beatings make clean the innermost parts.