Mishlei (Pro) 20
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1Wine is a mocker, strong liquor a rowdy;
anyone led astray by it is unwise.
2The dread of a king is like when a lion roars;
he who makes him angry commits a life-threatening sin.
3Avoiding quarrels brings a person honor;
for any fool can explode in anger.
4A lazy person won’t plow in winter;
so at harvest-time, when he looks, there is nothing.
5The heart’s real intentions are like deep water;
but a person with discernment draws them out.
6Most people announce that they show kindness,
but who can find someone faithful [enough to do it]?
7The righteous live a life of integrity;
happy are their children after them.
8The king seated on his judgment throne
can winnow out all evil with his glance.
9Who can say, “I have made my heart clean,
I am cleansed from my sin”?
10False weights and false measures —
Adonai detests them both.
11The character of even a child is known by how he acts,
by whether his deeds are pure and right.
12The hearing ear and the seeing eye —
Adonai made them both.
13If you love sleep, you will become poor;
keep your eyes open, and you’ll have plenty of food.
14“Really bad stuff!” says the buyer [to the seller];
then he goes off and brags [about his bargain].
15A person may have gold and a wealth of pearls,
but lips informed by knowledge are a precious jewel.
16Seize his clothes, because he guaranteed a stranger’s loan;
take them as security for that unknown woman.
17Food obtained by fraud may taste good,
but later the mouth is full of gravel.
18After consultation, plans succeed;
so take wise advice when waging war.
19A gossip goes around revealing secrets,
so don’t get involved with a talkative person.
20Whoever curses his father or mother —
his lamp will go out in total darkness.
21Possessions acquired quickly at first
will not be blessed in the end.
22Don’t say, “I’ll pay back evil for evil”;
wait for Adonai to save you.
23Adonai detests a double standard in weights,
and false scales are not good.
24A man’s steps are ordered by Adonai,
so how can a person understand his own ways?
25It is a snare to dedicate a gift to God rashly
and reflect on the vows only afterwards.
26A wise king winnows the wicked [from the righteous]
and threshes them under the cartwheel.
27The human spirit is a lamp of Adonai;
it searches one’s inmost being.
28Grace and truth preserve a king;
with grace he upholds his throne.
29The pride of the young is their strength;
the dignity of the old is gray hair.
30Blows that wound purge away evil,
yes, beatings [cleanse] one’s inmost being.
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1Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler;
And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
2The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion:
He that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own life.
3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife;
But every fool will be quarrelling.
4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter;
Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water;
But a man of understanding will draw it out.
6Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness;
But a faithful man who can find?
7A righteous man that walketh in his integrity,
Blessed are his children after him.
8A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment
Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
9Who can say, I have made my heart clean,
I am pure from my sin?
10Diverse weights, and diverse measures,
Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
11Even a child maketh himself known by his doings,
Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye,
Jehovah hath made even both of them.
13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty;
Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
14It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer;
But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
15There is gold, and abundance of rubies;
But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger;
And hold him in pledge that is surety for foreigners.
17Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man;
But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
18Every purpose is established by counsel;
And by wise guidance make thou war.
19He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets;
Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.
20Whoso curseth his father or his mother,
His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
21An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning;
But the end thereof shall not be blessed.
22Say not thou, I will recompense evil:
Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.
23Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah;
And a false balance is not good.
24A man’s goings are of Jehovah;
How then can man understand his way?
25It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy,
And after vows to make inquiry.
26A wise king winnoweth the wicked,
And bringeth the threshing-wheel over them.
27The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah,
Searching all his innermost parts.
28Kindness and truth preserve the king;
And his throne is upholden by kindness.
29The glory of young men is their strength;
And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.
30Stripes that wound cleanse away evil;
And strokes reach the innermost parts.
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