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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Proverbs 20 AKJV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; 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therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The just man walks in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>A king that sits in the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made even both of them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>It is naught, it is naught, said the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He that goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flatters with his lips.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Say not you, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save you.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>It is a snare to the man who devours that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>A wise king scatters the wicked, and brings the wheel over them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upheld by mercy.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>The blueness of a wound cleans away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The American King James Version is Produced by Stone Engelbrite. 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