Proverbs 20 NKJV

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class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New King James Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nkjv/kjv/proverbs/20.shtml" style=color:#001320 title=Parallel Chapters> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"> <h3>Wine Is a Mocker</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Prov-20-1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Wine <i>is</i> a mocker,</span></span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-1">Strong drink <i>is</i> a brawler,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-1">And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>wrath of a king <i>is</i> like the roaring of a lion;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-2"><i>Whoever</i> provokes him to anger sins <i>against</i> his own life.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><i>It is</i> honorable for a man to stop striving,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-3">Since any fool can start a quarrel.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The lazy <i>man</i> will not plow because of winter;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-4">He will beg during harvest and <i>have</i> nothing.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Counsel in the heart of man <i>is like</i> deep water,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-5">But a man of understanding will draw it out.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Most men will proclaim each his own <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>goodness,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-6">But who can find a faithful man?</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The righteous <i>man</i> walks in his integrity;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-7">His children <i>are</i> blessed after him.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>A king who sits on the throne of judgment</span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-8">Scatters all evil with his eyes.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Who can say, “I have made my heart clean,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-9">I am pure from my sin”?</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Diverse weights <i>and</i> diverse measures,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-10">They <i>are</i> both alike, an abomination to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Even a child is known by his deeds,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-11">Whether what he does <i>is</i> pure and right.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The hearing ear and the seeing eye,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-12">The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> has made them both.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-13">Open your eyes, <i>and</i> you will be satisfied with bread.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“<i>It is</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>good for nothing,” cries the buyer;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-14">But when he has gone his way, then he boasts.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>There is gold and a multitude of rubies,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-15">But the lips of knowledge <i>are</i> a precious jewel.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Take the garment of one who is surety <i>for</i> a stranger,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-16">And hold it as a pledge <i>when it</i> is for a seductress.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Bread gained by deceit <i>is</i> sweet to a man,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-17">But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Plans are established by counsel;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-18">By wise counsel wage war.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He who goes about <i>as</i> a talebearer reveals secrets;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-19">Therefore do not associate with one who flatters with his lips.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Whoever curses his father or his mother,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-20">His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>An inheritance gained hastily at the beginning</span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-21">Will not be blessed at the end.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Do not say, “I will <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>recompense evil”;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-22">Wait for the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, and He will save you.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Diverse weights <i>are</i> an abomination to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-23">And dishonest scales <i>are</i> not good.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>A man’s steps <i>are</i> of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-24">How then can a man understand his own way?</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><i>It is</i> a snare for a man to devote rashly <i>something as</i> holy,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-25">And afterward to reconsider <i>his</i> vows.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>A wise king sifts out the wicked,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-26">And brings the threshing wheel over them.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>The spirit of a man <i>is</i> the lamp of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-27">Searching all the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>inner depths of his heart.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Mercy and truth preserve the king,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-28">And by <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>lovingkindness he upholds his throne.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>The glory of young men <i>is</i> their strength,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-29">And the splendor of old men <i>is</i> their gray head.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Blows that hurt cleanse away evil,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-20-30">As <i>do</i> stripes the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>inner depths of the heart.</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-16957a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 20:2">Proverbs 20:2</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>fear</i> or <i>terror,</i> produced by the king’s wrath</span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16961b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 20:6">Proverbs 20:6</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>mercy</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16969c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 20:14">Proverbs 20:14</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>evil, evil</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16977d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 20:22">Proverbs 20:22</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>repay</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16982e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 20:27">Proverbs 20:27</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>rooms of the belly</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16983f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 20:28">Proverbs 20:28</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>mercy</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16985g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 20:30">Proverbs 20:30</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>rooms of the 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