New King James Version (Tinasha LaRaye)

New King James Version (Simon Bubb)

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 <div class="label">20</div><div class="q1">1Wine #Gen. 9:21; Prov. 23:29&#8211;35; Is. 28:7; Hos. 4:11is a mocker,</div><div class="q2">Strong drink is a brawler,</div><div class="q2">And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.</div><div class="q1">2The wrath of a king is like the roaring of a lion;</div><div class="q2">Whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own life.</div><div class="q1">3#Prov. 17:14It is honorable for a man to stop striving,</div><div class="q2">Since any fool can start a quarrel.</div><div class="q1">4#Prov. 10:4The lazy man will not plow because of winter;</div><div class="q2">#Prov. 19:15He will beg during harvest and have nothing.</div><div class="q1">5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water,</div><div class="q2">But a man of understanding will draw it out.</div><div class="q1">6Most men will proclaim each his own goodness,</div><div class="q2">But who can find a faithful man?</div><div class="q1">7#2 Cor. 1:12The righteous man walks in his integrity;</div><div class="q2">#Ps. 37:26His children are blessed after him.</div><div class="q1">8A king who sits on the throne of judgment</div><div class="q2">Scatters all evil with his eyes.</div><div class="q1">9#(1 Kin. 8:46; 2 Chr. 6:36); Job 9:30, 31; 14:4; (Ps. 51:5; Eccl. 7:20; Rom. 3:9; 1 John 1:8)Who can say, &#8220;I have made my heart clean,</div><div class="q2">I am pure from my sin&#8221;?</div><div class="q1">10#Deut. 25:13Diverse weights and diverse measures,</div><div class="q2">They are both alike, an abomination to the Lord.</div><div class="q1">11Even a child is #Matt. 7:16known by his deeds,</div><div class="q2">Whether what he does is pure and right.</div><div class="q1">12#Ex. 4:11; Ps. 94:9The hearing ear and the seeing eye,</div><div class="q2">The Lord has made them both.</div><div class="q1">13#Rom. 12:11Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty;</div><div class="q2">Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.</div><div class="q1">14&#8220;It is good for nothing,&#8221; cries the buyer;</div><div class="q2">But when he has gone his way, then he boasts.</div><div class="q1">15There is gold and a multitude of rubies,</div><div class="q2">But #(Job 28:12&#8211;19; Prov. 3:13&#8211;15)the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.</div><div class="q1">16#Prov. 22:26Take the garment of one who is surety for a stranger,</div><div class="q2">And hold it as a pledge when it is for a seductress.</div><div class="q1">17#Prov. 9:17Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man,</div><div class="q2">But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.</div><div class="q1">18#Prov. 24:6Plans are established by counsel;</div><div class="q2">#Luke 14:31By wise counsel wage war.</div><div class="q1">19#Prov. 11:13He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets;</div><div class="q2">Therefore do not associate with one #Rom. 16:18who flatters with his lips.</div><div class="q1">20#Ex. 21:17; Lev. 20:9; Prov. 30:11; Matt. 15:4Whoever curses his father or his mother,</div><div class="q2">#Job 18:5, 6; Prov. 24:20His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.</div><div class="q1">21#Prov. 28:20An inheritance gained hastily at the beginning</div><div class="q2">#Hab. 2:6Will not be blessed at the end.</div><div class="q1">22#(Deut. 32:35); Prov. 17:13; 24:29; (Rom. 12:17&#8211;19); 1 Thess. 5:15; (1 Pet. 3:9)Do not say, &#8220;I will recompense evil&#8221;;</div><div class="q2">#2 Sam. 16:12Wait for the Lord, and He will save you.</div><div class="q1">23Diverse weights are an abomination to the Lord,</div><div class="q2">And dishonest scales are not good.</div><div class="q1">24A man&#8217;s steps are of the Lord;</div><div class="q2">How then can a man understand his own way?</div><div class="q1">25It is a snare for a man to devote rashly something as holy,</div><div class="q2">And afterward to reconsider his vows.</div><div class="q2">26#Ps. 101:8A wise king sifts out the wicked,</div><div class="q2">And brings the threshing wheel over them.</div><div class="q1">27#1 Cor. 2:11The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord,</div><div class="q2">Searching all the inner depths of his heart.</div><div class="q1">28#Ps. 101:1; Prov. 21:21Mercy and truth preserve the king,</div><div class="q2">And by lovingkindness he upholds his throne.</div><div class="q1">29The glory of young men is their strength,</div><div class="q2">And #Prov. 16:31the splendor of old men is their gray head.</div><div class="q1">30Blows that hurt cleanse away evil,</div><div class="q2">As do stripes the inner depths of the heart.</div>
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Wine is a mocker,
Strong drink is a brawler,
And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
The wrath of a king is like the roaring of a lion;
Whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own life.
It is honorable for a man to stop striving,
Since any fool can start a quarrel.
The lazy man will not plow because of winter;
He will beg during harvest and have nothing.
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water,
But a man of understanding will draw it out.
Most men will proclaim each his own goodness,
But who can find a faithful man?
The righteous man walks in his integrity;
His children are blessed after him.
A king who sits on the throne of judgment
Scatters all evil with his eyes.
Who can say, “I have made my heart clean,
I am pure from my sin”?
Diverse weights and diverse measures,
They are both alike, an abomination to the LORD.
Even a child is known by his deeds,
Whether what he does is pure and right.
The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
The LORD has made them both.
Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty;
Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.
“It is good for nothing,” cries the buyer;
But when he has gone his way, then he boasts.
There is gold and a multitude of rubies,
But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Take the garment of one who is surety for a stranger,
And hold it as a pledge when it is for a seductress.
Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man,
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
Plans are established by counsel;
By wise counsel wage war.
He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets;
Therefore do not associate with one who flatters with his lips.
Whoever curses his father or his mother,
His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.
An inheritance gained hastily at the beginning
Will not be blessed at the end.
Do not say, “I will recompense evil”;
Wait for the LORD, and He will save you.
Diverse weights are an abomination to the LORD,
And dishonest scales are not good.
A man’s steps are of the LORD;
How then can a man understand his own way?
It is a snare for a man to devote rashly something as holy,
And afterward to reconsider his vows.
A wise king sifts out the wicked,
And brings the threshing wheel over them.
The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD,
Searching all the inner depths of his heart.
Mercy and truth preserve the king,
And by lovingkindness he upholds his throne.
The glory of young men is their strength,
And the splendor of old men is their gray head.
Blows that hurt cleanse away evil,
As do stripes the inner depths of the heart.

Dinleyin Proverbs 20