Mishle 20
20
1The yayin is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; and whosoever is seduced to be led astray thereby is not wise.
2The wrath of a melech is as the roaring of a lion; he who provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own nefesh.
3It is kavod for an ish to cease from strife, but any fool can start a quarrel.
4The atzel (sluggard, lazy one) will not plow by reason of choref (winter, cold); therefore shall he beg at katzir (harvest), and have nothing.
5Etzah (purpose)#20:5 See Jn 2:24-25 in the lev ish is like deep mayim, but an ish tevunah will draw it out.
6Rav adam will proclaim every one his own chesed, but an ish emunim (faithful man, loyal man) who can find one?
7The tzaddik walketh in his tohm (integrity, guilelessness); his banim after him are blessed.
8A melech that sitteth in the kisse din (throne of judgment) winnows out all rah with his eynayim.
9Who can say, I have made my lev pure, I am tahor from my chattat?
10Differing weights, and differing measures, both of them are alike to'evah to Hashem.
11Even a na'ar (child) is known by his ways, whether his conduct be pure, and whether it be yashar (right).
12The hearing ozen, and the seeing ayin, Hashem hath made even both of them.
13Love not sheynah (sleep), lest thou come to poverty; open thine eynayim, and thou shalt have enough lechem.
14It is good for nothing, it is naught, saith the koneh (buyer), but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
15There is zahav, and a multitude of rubies, but the sfatayim (lips) of da'as are a precious jewel.
16Take his garment that is guaranty for a zar (stranger), and hold it as his pledge for a nokhriyah (foreign woman, strange woman, seductress).
17Lechem from sheker (deceit) is sweet to an ish, but afterwards his peh (mouth) shall be filled with gravel.
18Every plan is established by etzah, and with tachbulot (guidance) wage milchamah.
19He that goeth about as a rakhil (gossip, slanderer, talebearer) revealeth secrets; therefore associate not with the babbler.
20He who curseth aviv or immo, his ner (lamp) shall be put out in deep choshech.
21A nachalah (inheritance) may be gotten hastily at the rishonah (beginning); but the acharit (latter end) thereof shall not have a bracha.
22Say not thou, I will pay back rah; but wait on Hashem, and He shall save thee.
23Differing weights are a to'evah unto Hashem, and scales of mirmah (deceit) are not tov.
24The steps of a gever are from Hashem; how can an adam then understand his own derech (way, lifeʼs course)?
25It is a mokesh adam to devote rashly as kodesh, and after nedarim (vows) to reconsider his consecration.
26A melech chacham winnows out the resha'im and bringeth the ofan (threshing wheel) over them.
27The neshamah of adam is the ner (light) of Hashem, searching all the innermost beten.
28Chesed and emes guard the Melech, and his kisse is upheld by chesed.
29The tiferet (glory) of bochurim is their ko'ach (strength), and the hadar (splendor) of zekenim is the silvery head.
30Blows that wound cleanseth away rah; so do beatings the innermost beten.
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THE ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE
FOURTH EDITION © Artists For Israel Intl Inc., 2002-2011, 2021.
Proverbs 20
20
1Wine ⌞makes people⌟ mock,
liquor ⌞makes them⌟ noisy,
and everyone under their influence is unwise.
2The rage of a king is like the roar of a lion.
Whoever makes him angry forfeits his life.
3Avoiding a quarrel is honorable.
After all, any stubborn fool can start a fight.
4A lazy person does not plow in the fall.#20:4 Fall was the start of the planting season in Palestine.
He looks for something in the harvest but finds nothing.
5A motive in the human heart is like deep water,
and a person who has understanding draws it out.
6Many people declare themselves loyal,
but who can find someone who is ⌞really⌟ trustworthy?
7A righteous person lives on the basis of his integrity.
Blessed are his children after he is gone.
8A king who sits on his throne to judge sifts out every evil with his eyes.
9Who can say,
“I’ve made my heart pure.
I’m cleansed from my sin”?
10A double standard of weights and measures—
both are disgusting to the Lord.
11Even a child makes himself known by his actions,
whether his deeds are pure or right.
12The ear that hears,
the eye that sees—
the Lord made them both.
13Do not love sleep or you will end up poor.
Keep your eyes open, and you will have plenty to eat.
14“Bad! Bad!” says the buyer.
Then, as he goes away, he brags ⌞about his bargain⌟.
15There are gold and plenty of jewels,
but the lips of knowledge are precious gems.
16Hold on to the garment of one who guarantees a stranger’s loan,
and hold responsible the person who makes a loan on behalf of a foreigner.
17Food gained dishonestly tastes sweet to a person,
but afterwards his mouth will be filled with gravel.
18Plans are confirmed by getting advice,
and with guidance one wages war.
19Whoever goes around as a gossip tells secrets.
Do not associate with a person whose mouth is always open.
20The lamp of the person who curses his father and mother
will be snuffed out in total darkness.#20:20 Or “snuffed out as darkness approaches.”
21An inheritance quickly obtained in the beginning
will never be blessed in the end.
22Do not say, “I’ll get even with you!”
Wait for the Lord, and he will save you.
23A double standard of weights is disgusting to the Lord,
and dishonest scales are no good.
24The Lord is the one who directs a person’s steps.
How then can anyone understand his own way?
25It is a trap for a person to say impulsively, “This is a holy offering!”
and later to have second thoughts about those vows.
26A wise king scatters the wicked
and then runs them over.
27A person’s soul is the Lord’s lamp.
It searches his entire innermost being.
28Mercy and truth protect a king,
and with mercy he maintains his throne.
29While the glory of young men is their strength,
the splendor of older people is their silver hair.
30Brutal beatings cleanse away wickedness.
Such beatings cleanse the innermost being.
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