Proverbs 20
20
1Wine is a mocker,
strong drink is raging:
and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
2The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion:
whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
3 It is an honor for a man to cease from strife:
but every fool will be meddling.
4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold;
therefore shall he 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 goodness:
but a faithful man who can find?
7The just man walketh in his integrity:
his children are blessed after him.
8A king that sitteth in 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?
10Divers weights, and divers measures,
both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.
11Even a child is known by his doings,
whether his work be pure,
and whether it be right.
12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye,
the Lord hath made even both of them.
13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty:
open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer:
but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
15There is gold, and a multitude of rubies:
but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger:
and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
17Bread of deceit is sweet to a man;
but afterward his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
18 Every purpose is established by counsel:
and with good advice make war.
19He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets:
therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
20Whoso curseth his father or his mother,
his lamp shall be put out in obscure 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;
but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.
23Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord;
and a false balance is not good.
24Man's goings are of the Lord;
how can a man then understand his own way?
25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy,
and after vows to make inquiry.
26A wise king scattereth the wicked,
and bringeth the wheel over them.
27The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord,
searching all the inward parts of the belly.
28Mercy and truth preserve the king:
and his throne is upholden by mercy.
29The glory of young men is their strength:
and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
30The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil:
so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.#20.30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. or Stripes that wound cleanse away evil; and strokes reach the innermost parts.
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Proverbs 20
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1 # [Gen. 9:21]; See ch. 23:29-32 Wine is a mocker, #ch. 31:4 strong drink a brawler,
and whoever #Isa. 28:7; [Hos. 4:11]is led astray by it is not wise.#20:1 Or will not become wise
2The terror of a king is like #See ch. 19:12 the growling of a lion;
whoever provokes him to anger #Num. 16:38; Hab. 2:10; See ch. 8:36forfeits his life.
3It is an honor for a man to #[ch. 17:14]keep aloof from strife,
but every fool will be quarreling.
4 # [ch. 19:24] The sluggard does not plow in the autumn;
# ch. 19:15; [ch. 6:11] he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
5The purpose in a man’s heart is like #ch. 18:4deep water,
but a man of understanding will draw it out.
6Many a man #[ch. 25:14; Matt. 6:2; Luke 18:11] proclaims his own steadfast love,
but #[Ps. 12:1]a faithful man who can find?
7The righteous who #See ch. 19:1 walks in his integrity—
# [1 Kgs. 15:4; Ps. 37:26; 112:2; Jer. 33:20, 21] blessed are his children after him!
8 # [ch. 16:10] A king who sits on the throne of judgment
# [ver. 26; ch. 25:5; Ps. 101:5] winnows all evil with his eyes.
9 # See 1 Kgs. 8:46 Who can say, “I have made my heart pure;
I am clean from my sin”?
10 # ver. 23; See ch. 11:1 Unequal#20:10 Or Two kinds of; also verse 23 weights and unequal measures
are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
11Even a child #[Matt. 7:16]makes himself known by his acts,
by whether his conduct is pure and upright.#20:11 Or Even a child can dissemble in his actions, though his conduct seems pure and upright
12 # ch. 15:31; 25:12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
#
Ex. 4:11; Ps. 94:9 the Lord has made them both.
13 # [ch. 6:4; 19:15; 31:15; Rom. 12:11] Love not sleep, lest you #[ver. 4] come to poverty;
open your eyes, and you will have #ch. 12:11plenty of bread.
14“Bad, bad,” says the buyer,
but when he goes away, then he boasts.
15There is gold and abundance of #Job 28:18 costly stones,
# [ch. 3:14, 15] but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
16 # ch. 27:13; [ch. 6:1; 22:26] Take a man’s garment when he has put up security for a stranger,
and #See Job 22:6hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.#20:16 Or for an adulteress (compare 27:13)
17 # [ch. 9:17] Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man,
but afterward his mouth will be full of #[Lam. 3:16]gravel.
18 # [ch. 11:14; 15:22] Plans are established by counsel;
by #ch. 24:6 wise guidance #Luke 14:31wage war.
19Whoever #ch. 11:13 goes about slandering reveals secrets;
therefore do not associate with #ch. 13:3; [Rom. 16:18]a simple babbler.#20:19 Hebrew with one who is simple in his lips
20 # ch. 30:11, 17; See Ex. 21:17 If one curses his father or his mother,
# See 2 Sam. 21:17; Job 18:5 his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
21 # See ch. 13:11 An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning
will not be blessed in the end.
22Do not say, #ch. 24:29; [ch. 17:13; Matt. 5:39; Rom. 12:17, 19; 1 Thess. 5:15; 1 Pet. 3:9] “I will repay evil”;
#
Ps. 27:14
wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.
23 # ver. 10 Unequal weights are an abomination to the Lord,
and #See ch. 11:1false scales are not good.
24A man’s #See ch. 16:9steps are from the Lord;
how then can man understand his way?
25It is a snare to say rashly, “It is holy,”
and to reflect only #[Eccles. 5:4, 5]after making vows.
26A wise king #[Matt. 3:12] winnows the wicked
and drives #Isa. 28:27the wheel over them.
27 # [1 Cor. 2:11] The spirit#20:27 Hebrew breath of man is the lamp of the Lord,
# [Zeph. 1:12] searching all #ch. 18:8his innermost parts.
28 # ch. 3:3 Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king,
and by steadfast love his #See ch. 16:12throne is upheld.
29The glory of young men is their strength,
but #ch. 16:31the splendor of old men is their gray hair.
30 # [Isa. 53:5] Blows that wound cleanse away evil;
strokes make clean #[See ver. 27 above]the innermost parts.
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