PROVERBS 20
Wine Is a Mocker
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Wine A)">
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is
a mocker,
Strong drink is
a brawler,
And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
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wrath of a king is
like the roaring of a lion;
Whoever
provokes him to anger sins against
his own life.
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It is
honorable for a man to stop striving,
Since any fool can start a quarrel.
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The lazy man
will not plow because of winter;
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He will beg during harvest and have
nothing.
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Counsel in the heart of man is like
deep water,
But a man of understanding will draw it out.
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Most men will proclaim each his own b]">
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goodness,
But who can find a faithful man?
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The righteous man
walks in his integrity;
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His children are
blessed after him.
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A king who sits on the throne of judgment
Scatters all evil with his eyes.
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Who can say, “I have made my heart clean,
I am pure from my sin”?
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Diverse weights and
diverse measures,
They are
both alike, an abomination to the Lord.
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Even a child is I)">
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known by his deeds,
Whether what he does is
pure and right.
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The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
The Lord
has made them both.
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Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty;
Open your eyes, and
you will be satisfied with bread.
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“ It is
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good for nothing,” cries the buyer;
But when he has gone his way, then he boasts.
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There is gold and a multitude of rubies,
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the lips of knowledge are
a precious jewel.
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Take the garment of one who is surety for
a stranger,
And hold it as a pledge when it
is for a seductress.
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Bread gained by deceit is
sweet to a man,
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
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He who goes about as
a talebearer reveals secrets;
Therefore do not associate with one R)">
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who flatters with his lips.
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Whoever curses his father or his mother,
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His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.
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An inheritance gained hastily at the beginning
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Will not be blessed at the end.
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Do not say, “I will d]">
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recompense evil”;
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Wait for the Lord
, and He will save you.
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Diverse weights are
an abomination to the Lord
,
And dishonest scales are
not good.
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A man’s steps are
of the Lord
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How then can a man understand his own way?
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It is
a snare for a man to devote rashly something as
holy,
And afterward to reconsider his
vows.
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A wise king sifts out the wicked,
And brings the threshing wheel over them.
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The spirit of a man is
the lamp of the Lord
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Searching all the e]">
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inner depths of his heart.
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Mercy and truth preserve the king,
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lovingkindness he upholds his throne.
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The glory of young men is
their strength,
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the splendor of old men is
their gray head.
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Blows that hurt cleanse away evil,
As do
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inner depths of the heart.
