2.7 KiB
Chapter 20
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Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
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The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life.
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It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
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The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
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The purpose in a man's heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
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Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find?
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The righteous who walks in his integrity-- blessed are his children after him!
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A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes.
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Who can say, "I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin"?
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Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
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Even a child makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.
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The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the LORD has made them both.
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Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
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"Bad, bad," says the buyer, but when he goes away, then he boasts.
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There is gold and abundance of costly stones, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
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Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.
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Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.
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Plans are established by counsel; by wise guidance wage war.
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Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler.
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If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
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An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
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Do not say, "I will repay evil"; wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.
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Unequal weights are an abomination to the LORD, and false scales are not good.
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A man's steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way?
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It is a snare to say rashly, "It is holy," and to reflect only after making vows.
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A wise king winnows the wicked and drives the wheel over them.
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The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts.
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Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his throne is upheld.
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The glory of young men is their strength, but the splendor of old men is their gray hair.
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Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean the innermost parts.