Proverbs 20 - American Standard Version 2015

¹ Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler;\par\tab And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.

² The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion:\par\tab He that provoketh him to anger sinneth {\i against} his own life.

³ It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife;\par\tab But every fool will be quarrelling.

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

⁵ Counsel in the heart of man is {\i like} deep water;\par\tab But a man of understanding will draw it out.

⁶ Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness;\par\tab But a faithful man who can find?

⁷ A righteous man that walketh in his integrity,\par\tab Blessed are his children after him.

⁸ A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment\par\tab Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

⁹ Who can say, I have made my heart clean,\par\tab I am pure from my sin?

¹⁰ Diverse weights, and diverse measures,\par\tab Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.

¹¹ Even a child maketh himself known by his doings,\par\tab Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

¹² The hearing ear, and the seeing eye,\par\tab Jehovah hath made even both of them.

¹³ Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty;\par\tab Open thine eyes, {\i and} thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

¹⁴ It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer;\par\tab But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

¹⁵ There is gold, and abundance of rubies;\par\tab But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

¹⁶ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger;\par\tab And hold him in pledge {\i that is surety} for foreigners.

¹⁷ Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man;\par\tab But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

¹⁸ Every purpose is established by counsel;\par\tab And by wise guidance make thou war.

¹⁹ He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets;\par\tab Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.

²⁰ Whoso curseth his father or his mother,\par\tab His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

²¹ An inheritance {\i may be} gotten hastily at the beginning;\par\tab But the end thereof shall not be blessed.

²² Say not thou, I will recompense evil:\par\tab Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.

²³ Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah;\par\tab And a false balance is not good.

²⁴ A man's goings are of Jehovah;\par\tab How then can man understand his way?

²⁵ It is a snare to a man rashly to say, {\i It is} holy,\par\tab And after vows to make inquiry.

²⁶ A wise king winnoweth the wicked,\par\tab And bringeth the {\i threshing}-wheel over them.

²⁷ The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah,\par\tab Searching all his innermost parts.

²⁸ Kindness and truth preserve the king;\par\tab And his throne is upholden by kindness.

²⁹ The glory of young men is their strength;\par\tab And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.

³⁰ Stripes that wound cleanse away evil;\par\tab And strokes {\i reach} the innermost parts.\par