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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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