C.
Admonitions and teachings
20:1—24:34
Prov. 20
:1
20:1
aWine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler;
And whoever errs by it does not become wise.
Prov. 20
:2
20:2
The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion;
He who provokes him to anger sins
against his own life.
Prov. 20
:3
20:3
It is an honor for a man to keep away from strife,
But every fool rushes headlong
into it.
Prov. 20
:4
20:4
The asluggard will not plow because of winter;
Therefore he will beg in harvest and have nothing.
Prov. 20
:5
20:5
Counsel in the heart of man is
like deep water,
But a man of understanding will draw it out.
Prov. 20
:6
20:6
Many a man will proclaim his own kindness,
But who can find a faithful man?
Prov. 20
:7
20:7
A righteous man who walks in his integrity,
Blessed are his children after him.
Prov. 20
:8
20:8
A king who sits on the throne of judgment
Scatters away all evil with his eyes.
Prov. 20
:9
20:9
Who can say, I have made my heart clean;
I am pure from my sin?
Prov. 20
:10
20:10
aDiffering weights and differing measures,
Both of them are an abomination to Jehovah.
Prov. 20
:11
20:11
Even a child makes himself known by his deeds,
Whether his work is pure and whether it is upright.
Prov. 20
:12
20:12
The hearing
aear and the seeing eye —
Jehovah has made both of them.
Prov. 20
:13
20:13
Do not love
asleep, or else you will come to poverty;
Open your eyes,
and be satisfied with bread.
Prov. 20
:14
20:14
It is bad, it is bad, says the buyer;
But when he has gone away, then he boasts
in his purchase.
Prov. 20
:15
20:15
There is gold and an abundance of corals,
But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Prov. 20
:16
20:16
aTake his garment when
he becomes surety for a stranger,
And hold the pledge
when he becomes surety for foreigners.
Prov. 20
:17
20:17
The bread of falsehood is sweet to a man,
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
Prov. 20
:18
20:18
Every plan is established by counsel,
And by sound counsel make war.
Prov. 20
:19
20:19
aHe who goes about as a gossip reveals secrets;
Therefore do not associate with one who opens his lips wide.
Prov. 20
:20
20:20
Whoever acurses his father or his mother,
His lamp will go out in deep darkness.
Prov. 20
:21
20:21
An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginning
Will not be blessed in the end.
Prov. 20
:22
20:22
Do anot say, I will recompense evil;
Wait for Jehovah, and He will save you.
Prov. 20
:23
20:23
aDiffering weights are an abomination to Jehovah,
And false scales are not good.
Prov. 20
:24
20:24
A man’s
asteps are
ordered by Jehovah;
How then can man understand his own way?
Prov. 20
:25
20:25
It is a snare to a man to rashly say, It is holy,
And after
making the vows
to begin consider.
Prov. 20
:26
20:26
A wise king winnows the wicked
And drives the
threshing wheel over them.
Prov. 20
:27
20:27
The 1aspirit of man is the
2lamp of Jehovah,
Searching all the innermost parts of the inner being.
Prov. 20
:28
20:28
Lovingkindness and truth preserve the king,
And his throne is upheld by kindness.
Prov. 20
:29
20:29
The glory of young men is their strength,
And the honor of old men is gray hair.
Prov. 20
:30
20:30
Stripes that wound purge away evil,
And strokes
reach the innermost parts of the inner being.
