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# Proverbs 20 (New King James Version)
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Wine Is a Mocker
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##### Chapter 20
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###### 1 Wine _is_ a mocker,
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Strong drink _is_ a brawler,
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And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
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###### 2 The wrath of a king _is_ like the roaring of a lion;
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_Whoever_ provokes him to anger sins _against_ his own life.
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###### 3 _It is_ honorable for a man to stop striving,
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Since any fool can start a quarrel.
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###### 4 The lazy _man_ will not plow because of winter;
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He will beg during harvest and _have_ nothing.
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###### 5 Counsel in the heart of man _is like_ deep water,
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But a man of understanding will draw it out.
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###### 6 Most men will proclaim each his own goodness,
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But who can find a faithful man?
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###### 7 The righteous _man_ walks in his integrity;
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His children _are_ blessed after him.
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###### 8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment
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Scatters all evil with his eyes.
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###### 9 Who can say, "I have made my heart clean,
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I am pure from my sin"?
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###### 10 Diverse weights _and_ diverse measures,
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They _are_ both alike, an abomination to the Lord.
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###### 11 Even a child is known by his deeds,
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Whether what he does _is_ pure and right.
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###### 12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
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The Lord has made them both.
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###### 13 Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty;
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Open your eyes, _and_ you will be satisfied with bread.
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###### 14 "_It is_ good for nothing," cries the buyer;
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But when he has gone his way, then he boasts.
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###### 15 There is gold and a multitude of rubies,
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But the lips of knowledge _are_ a precious jewel.
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###### 16 Take the garment of one who is surety _for_ a stranger,
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And hold it as a pledge _when it_ is for a seductress.
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###### 17 Bread gained by deceit _is_ sweet to a man,
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But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
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###### 18 Plans are established by counsel;
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By wise counsel wage war.
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###### 19 He who goes about _as_ a talebearer reveals secrets;
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Therefore do not associate with one who flatters with his lips.
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###### 20 Whoever curses his father or his mother,
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His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.
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###### 21 An inheritance gained hastily at the beginning
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Will not be blessed at the end.
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###### 22 Do not say, "I will recompense evil";
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Wait for the Lord, and He will save you.
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###### 23 Diverse weights _are_ an abomination to the Lord,
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And dishonest scales _are_ not good.
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###### 24 A man's steps _are_ of the Lord;
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How then can a man understand his own way?
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###### 25 _It is_ a snare for a man to devote rashly _something as_ holy,
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And afterward to reconsider _his_ vows.
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###### 26 A wise king sifts out the wicked,
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And brings the threshing wheel over them.
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###### 27 The spirit of a man _is_ the lamp of the Lord,
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Searching all the inner depths of his heart.
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###### 28 Mercy and truth preserve the king,
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And by lovingkindness he upholds his throne.
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###### 29 The glory of young men _is_ their strength,
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And the splendor of old men _is_ their gray head.
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###### 30 Blows that hurt cleanse away evil,
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As _do_ stripes the inner depths of the heart.
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