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Literal Translation</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Wine is a Mocker</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Wine [is] a scorner — strong drink [is] noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The fear of a king [is] a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Counsel in the heart of a man [is] deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him!</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>A king sitting on a throne of judgment, Is scattering with his eyes all evil,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Who saith, ‘I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them [are] an abomination to Jehovah.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>A hearing ear, and a seeing eye, Jehovah hath 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 thou become poor, Open thine eyes — be satisfied [with] bread.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>‘Bad, bad,’ saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, [are] lips of knowledge.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Sweet to a man [is] the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled [with] gravel.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver [with] his lips make not thyself surety.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Do not say, ‘I recompense evil,’ Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>An abomination to Jehovah [are] a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit [are] not good.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>From Jehovah [are] the steps of a man, And man — how understandeth he his way?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>A snare to a man [is] he hath swallowed a holy thing, And after vows to make inquiry.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>A wise king is scattering the wicked, And turneth back on them the wheel.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>The breath of man [is] a lamp of Jehovah, Searching all the inner parts of the heart.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Kindness and truth keep a king, And he hath supported by kindness his throne.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>The beauty of young men is their strength, And the honour of old men is grey hairs.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/20-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>The bandages of a wound thou removest with the evil, Also the plagues of the inner parts of the heart!</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Young's Literal Translation<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../proverbs/19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Proverbs 19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Proverbs 19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../proverbs/21.htm" 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