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Proverbs 20

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1Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

RelatedEphesians 5:18 · Hosea 4:11 · Isaiah 28:7 · 1 Corinthians 6:10 · Proverbs 31:4 · Galatians 5:21

2The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

RelatedProverbs 19:12 · Ecclesiastes 10:4 · Proverbs 8:36 · 1 Kings 2:23 · Amos 3:8 · Proverbs 16:14-15

3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.

RelatedProverbs 16:32 · Proverbs 17:14 · Proverbs 19:11 · Proverbs 14:29 · Ephesians 4:32-5:1 · Proverbs 18:6

4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

RelatedProverbs 10:4 · Proverbs 19:15 · Proverbs 13:4 · Matthew 25:24-28 · Matthew 25:3-10 · Proverbs 26:13-16

5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.

Related1 Corinthians 2:11 · Proverbs 18:4 · Psalms 64:6

6Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?

RelatedPsalms 12:1 · Matthew 6:2 · Luke 18:8 · Luke 22:33 · Proverbs 27:2 · Luke 18:11

7A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.

RelatedPsalms 112:2 · Psalms 37:26 · Jeremiah 32:39 · 2 Corinthians 1:12 · Acts 2:39 · 3 John 1:3-4

8A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.

RelatedProverbs 25:5 · Proverbs 20:26 · Psalms 99:4 · Proverbs 29:14 · Psalms 92:9 · Isaiah 32:1

9Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin”?

RelatedEcclesiastes 7:20 · 1 John 1:8-10 · 1 Kings 8:46 · Job 14:4 · Job 15:14 · James 3:2

10Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.

RelatedProverbs 20:23 · Proverbs 11:1 · Leviticus 19:35 · Proverbs 16:11 · Deuteronomy 25:13-15 · Micah 6:10-11

11Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.

RelatedMatthew 7:16 · Luke 6:43-44 · Proverbs 21:8 · Luke 2:46-47 · Luke 1:15 · Psalms 51:5

12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made even both of them.

RelatedMatthew 13:13-16 · Psalms 94:9 · Psalms 119:18 · Ephesians 1:17-18 · Exodus 4:11 · Acts 26:18

13Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

RelatedProverbs 19:15 · Romans 12:11 · Proverbs 10:4 · Proverbs 12:11 · Romans 13:11 · Jonah 1:6

14“It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.

Related1 Thessalonians 4:6 · Hosea 12:7-8 · Ecclesiastes 1:10

15There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

RelatedProverbs 25:12 · Proverbs 8:11 · Proverbs 16:16 · Proverbs 16:24 · Romans 10:14-15 · Proverbs 3:15

16Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.

RelatedProverbs 27:13 · Exodus 22:26-27 · Proverbs 22:26-27 · Proverbs 11:15 · Proverbs 7:5 · Proverbs 2:16

17Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

RelatedEcclesiastes 11:9 · Proverbs 9:17-18 · Lamentations 3:15-16 · Job 20:12-20 · Hebrews 11:25 · Proverbs 4:17

18Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!

RelatedProverbs 15:22 · Proverbs 24:6 · Luke 14:31 · Proverbs 11:14 · Judges 1:1-2 · Judges 20:18

19He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

RelatedProverbs 11:13 · Proverbs 18:8 · Proverbs 13:3 · Romans 16:18 · Leviticus 19:16 · Proverbs 24:21

20Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

RelatedExodus 21:17 · Proverbs 30:11 · Proverbs 30:17 · Matthew 15:4 · Jude 1:13 · Deuteronomy 27:16

21An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning won’t be blessed in the end.

Related1 Timothy 6:9 · Proverbs 13:22 · Proverbs 28:8 · Proverbs 28:20 · Habakkuk 2:6 · Job 27:16-17

22Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for the LORD, and he will save you.

RelatedRomans 12:17-19 · 1 Thessalonians 5:15 · Proverbs 24:29 · Proverbs 17:13 · 1 Peter 3:9 · Deuteronomy 32:35

23The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

RelatedProverbs 20:10 · Hosea 12:7 · Ezekiel 45:10 · Proverbs 11:1 · Amos 8:5

24A man’s steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way?

RelatedProverbs 16:9 · Jeremiah 10:23 · Psalms 25:12 · Psalms 37:23 · Psalms 25:4 · Proverbs 14:8

25It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.

RelatedEcclesiastes 5:4-6 · Matthew 5:33 · Leviticus 27:9-10 · Numbers 30:2-16 · Malachi 3:8-10 · Leviticus 5:15

26A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.

RelatedProverbs 20:8 · 2 Samuel 12:31 · 2 Samuel 4:9-12 · Psalms 101:5-8 · Isaiah 28:27-28

27The spirit of man is the LORD’s lamp, searching all his innermost parts.

Related1 Corinthians 2:11 · Hebrews 4:12-13 · Job 32:8 · 1 John 3:19-21 · Genesis 2:7 · Romans 2:15

28Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.

RelatedProverbs 16:12 · Proverbs 29:14 · Psalms 26:1 · Psalms 101:1 · Psalms 21:7 · Proverbs 16:6

29The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.

Related1 John 2:14 · Proverbs 16:31 · Leviticus 19:32 · Jeremiah 9:23-24

30Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.

RelatedHebrews 12:10 · Proverbs 22:15 · Proverbs 19:25 · Isaiah 53:5 · Isaiah 27:9

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Translation: World English Bible (public domain) and the Tamil Old Version (BSI) — 1957.