Proverbs 20 KJV
Proverbs 20 KJV
¶
1
Wine
is
a
mocker,
strong
drink
is
raging:
and
whosoever
is
deceived
thereby
is
not
wise.
¶
2
The
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
honour
for
a
man
to
cease
from
strife:
but
every
fool
will
be
meddling.
¶
4
The
sluggard
will
not
plow
by
reason
of
the
cold;
therefore
shall
he
beg
in
harvest,
and
have
nothing.
¶
5
Counsel
in
the
heart
of
man
is
like
deep
water;
but
a
man
of
understanding
will
draw
it
out.
¶
6
Most
men
will
proclaim
every
one
his
own
goodness:
but
a
faithful
man
who
can
find?
¶
7
The
just
man
walketh
in
his
integrity:
his
children
are
blessed
after
him.
¶
8
A
king
that
sitteth
in
the
throne
of
judgment
scattereth
away
all
evil
with
his
eyes.
¶
9
Who
can
say,
I
have
made
my
heart
clean,
I
am
pure
from
my
sin?
¶
10
Divers
weights,
and
divers
measures,
both
of
them
are
alike
abomination
to
the
LORD.
¶
11
Even
a
child
is
known
by
his
doings,
whether
his
work
be
pure,
and
whether
it
be
right.
¶
12
The
hearing
ear,
and
the
seeing
eye,
the
LORD
hath
made
even
both
of
them.
¶
13
Love
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.
¶
15
There
is
gold,
and
a
multitude
of
rubies:
but
the
lips
of
knowledge
are
a
precious
jewel.
¶
16
Take
his
garment
that
is
surety
for
a
stranger:
and
take
a
pledge
of
him
for
a
strange
woman.
¶
17
Bread
of
deceit
is
sweet
to
a
man;
but
afterwards
his
mouth
shall
be
filled
with
gravel.
¶
18
Every
purpose
is
established
by
counsel:
and
with
good
advice
make
war.
¶
19
He
that
goeth
about
as
a
talebearer
revealeth
secrets:
therefore
meddle
not
with
him
that
flattereth
with
his
lips.
¶
20
Whoso
curseth
his
father
or
his
mother,
his
lamp
shall
be
put
out
in
obscure
darkness.
¶
21
An
inheritance
may
be
gotten
hastily
at
the
beginning;
but
the
end
thereof
shall
not
be
blessed.
¶
22
Say
not
thou,
I
will
recompense
evil;
but
wait
on
the
LORD,
and
he
shall
save
thee.
¶
23
Divers
weights
are
an
abomination
unto
the
LORD;
and
a
false
balance
is
not
good.
¶
24
Man'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
enquiry.
¶
26
A
wise
king
scattereth
the
wicked,
and
bringeth
the
wheel
over
them.
¶
27
The
spirit
of
man
is
the
candle
of
the
LORD,
searching
all
the
inward
parts
of
the
belly.
¶
28
Mercy
and
truth
preserve
the
king:
and
his
throne
is
upholden
by
mercy.
¶
29
The
glory
of
young
men
is
their
strength:
and
the
beauty
of
old
men
is
the
gray
head.
¶
30
The
blueness
of
a
wound
cleanseth
away
evil:
so
do
stripes
the
inward
parts
of
the
belly.