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PROV 20:1  Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith shall not be wise.

PROV 20:2  As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul.

PROV 20:3  It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but all fools are meddling with reproaches.

PROV 20:4  Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.

PROV 20:5  Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out.

PROV 20:6  Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man?

PROV 20:7  The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him blessed children.

PROV 20:8  The king, that sitteth on the throne of judgment, scattereth away all evil with his look.

PROV 20:9  Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin?

PROV 20:10  Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God.

PROV 20:11  By his inclinations a child is known, if his works be clean and right.

PROV 20:12  The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made them both.

PROV 20:13  Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.

PROV 20:14  It is nought, it is nought, saith every buyer: and when he is gone away, then he will boast.

PROV 20:15  There is gold, and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.

PROV 20:16  Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers.

PROV 20:17  The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

PROV 20:18  Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments.

PROV 20:19  Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.

PROV 20:20  He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness.

PROV 20:21  The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing.

PROV 20:22  Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord and he will deliver thee.

PROV 20:23  Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.

PROV 20:24  The steps of man are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?

PROV 20:25  It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract.

PROV 20:26  A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth over them the wheel.

PROV 20:27  The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, which searcheth all the hidden things of the bowels.

PROV 20:28  Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency.

PROV 20:29  The joy of young men is their strength: and the dignity of old men, their grey hairs.

PROV 20:30  The blueness of a wound shall wipe away evils: and stripes in the more inward parts of the belly.

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