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Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall 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>Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>A king who sits on 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 pure. I am clean and without sin?"</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is 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, Yahweh has made even both of them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Don't love 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's no good, it's no good," says 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 abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don't keep company with him who opens wide 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 blackness of darkness.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won't be blessed in the end.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Don't say, "I will pay back evil." Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>A man's steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing 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 Yahweh's lamp, searching all his innermost parts.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.</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. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The World English Bible is a 1997 revision of the American Standard Version of the Holy Bible, first published in 1901. It is in the Public Domain. Please feel free to copy and distribute it freely. Thank you to Michael Paul Johnson for making this work available. 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