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 | 20:1 | Wine3196 is a mocker,3887 strong drink7941 is raging:1993 and whosoever is deceived7686 thereby is not wise.2449 |
| 20:2 | The fear367 of a king4428 is as the roaring5099 of a lion:3715 whoso provoketh him to anger5674 sinneth2398 against his own soul.5315 |
| 20:3 | It is an honour3519 for a man376 to cease7674 from strife:7379 but every fool191 will be meddling.1566 |
| 20:4 | The sluggard6102 will not plow2790 by reason of the cold;2779 therefore shall he beg7592 in harvest,7105 and have nothing. |
| 20:5 | Counsel6098 in the heart3820 of man376 is like deep6013 water;4325 but a man376 of understanding8394 will draw it out.1802 |
| 20:6 | Most7230 men120 will proclaim7121 every one376 his own goodness:2617 but a faithful529 man376 who can find?4672 |
| 20:7 | The just6662 man walketh1980 in his integrity:8537 his children1121 are blessed835 after310 him. |
| 20:8 | A king4428 that sitteth3427 in the throne3678 of judgment1779 scattereth away2219 all evil7451 with his eyes.5869 |
| 20:9 | Who can say,559 I have made my heart3820 clean,2135 I am pure2891 from my sin?2403 |
| 20:10 | Divers weights,68 and divers measures,374 both8147 of them are alike1571 abomination8441 to Yahweh.3068 |
| 20:11 | Even a child5288 is known5234 by his doings,4611 whether his work6467 be pure,2134 and whether it be right.3477 |
| 20:12 | The hearing8085 ear,241 and the seeing7200 eye,5869 Yahweh3068 hath made6213 even both8147 of them. |
| 20:13 | Love157 not sleep,8142 lest thou come to poverty;3423 open6491 thine eyes,5869 and thou shalt be satisfied7646 with bread.3899 |
| 20:14 | It is naught,7451 it is naught,7451 saith559 the buyer:7069 but when he is gone235 his way, then he boasteth.1984 |
| 20:15 | There is3426 gold,2091 and a multitude7230 of rubies:6443 but the lips8193 of knowledge1847 are a precious3366 jewel.3627 |
| 20:16 | Take3947 his garment899 that is surety6148 for a stranger:2114 and take a pledge2254 of him for a strange5237 woman. |
| 20:17 | Bread3899 of deceit8267 is sweet6156 to a man;376 but afterwards310 his mouth6310 shall be filled4390 with gravel.2687 |
| 20:18 | Every purpose4284 is established3559 by counsel:6098 and with good advice8458 make6213 war.4421 |
| 20:19 | He that goeth about1980 as a talebearer7400 revealeth1540 secrets:5475 therefore meddle6148 not with him that flattereth6601 with his lips.8193 |
| 20:20 | Whoso curseth7043 his father1 or his mother,517 his lamp5216 shall be put out1846 in obscure380 darkness.2822 |
| 20:21 | An inheritance5159 may be gotten hastily926 at the beginning;7223 but the end thereof319 shall not be blessed.1288 |
| 20:22 | Say559 not thou, I will recompense7999 evil;7451 but wait6960 on Yahweh,3068 and he shall save3467 thee. |
| 20:23 | Divers weights68 are an abomination8441 unto Yahweh;3068 and a false4820 balance3976 is not good.2896 |
| 20:24 | Man's1397 goings4703 are of Yahweh;3068 how can a man120 then understand995 his own way?1870 |
| 20:25 | It is a snare4170 to the man120 who devoureth3216 that which is holy,6944 and after310 vows5088 to make enquiry.1239 |
| 20:26 | A wise2450 king4428 scattereth2219 the wicked,7563 and bringeth7725 the wheel212 over them. |
| 20:27 | The spirit5397 of man120 is the candle5216 of Yahweh,3068 searching2664 all the inward parts2315 of the belly.990 |
| 20:28 | Mercy2617 and truth571 preserve5341 the king:4428 and his throne3678 is upholden5582 by mercy.2617 |
| 20:29 | The glory8597 of young men970 is their strength:3581 and the beauty1926 of old men2205 is the gray head.7872 |
| 20:30 | The blueness2250 of a wound6482 cleanseth8562 away evil:7451 so do stripes4347 the inward parts2315 of the belly.990 |
