Pro20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler;and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
Pro20:2 The dread wrath of a king is like the growling of a lion;he who provokes him to anger forfeits his life.
Pro20:3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife;but every fool will be quarreling.
Pro20:4 The sluggard does not plow in the autumn;he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
Pro20:5 The purpose in a man's mind is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Pro20:6 Many a man proclaims his own loyalty, but a faithful man who can find?
Pro20:7 A righteous man who walks in his integrity -- blessed are his sons after him!
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 a child makes himself known by his acts, whether what he does is pure and right.
Pro20:12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the LORD has made them both.
Pro20:13 Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty;open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
Pro20:14 'It is bad, it is bad,' says the buyer;but when he goes away, then he boasts.
Pro20:15 There is gold, and abundance of costly stones;but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Pro20:16 Take a man's garment when he has given surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners.
Pro20:17 Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.
Pro20:18 Plans are established by counsel;by wise guidance wage war.
Pro20:19 He who goes about gossiping reveals secrets;therefore do not associate with one who speaks foolishly.
Pro20:20 If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
Pro20:21 An inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning will in the end not be blessed.
Pro20:22 Do not say, 'I will repay evil';wait for the LORD, and he will help you.
Pro20:23 Diverse weights are an abomination to the LORD, and false scales are not good.
Pro20:24 A man's steps are ordered by the LORD;how then can man understand his way?
Pro20:25 It is a snare for a man to say rashly, 'It is holy,' and to reflect only after making his vows.
Pro20:26 A wise king winnows the wicked, and drives the wheel over them.
Pro20:27 The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts.
Pro20:28 Loyalty and faithfulness preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by righteousness.
Pro20:29 The glory of young men is their strength, but the beauty of old men is their gray hair.
Pro20:30 Blows that wound cleanse away evil;strokes make clean the innermost parts.