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| 20:1 |
Wine is a scorner, strong drink is raging; and whoso erreth thereby is not wise.
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| 20:2 |
The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
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| 20:3 |
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it.
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| 20:4 |
The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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| 20:5 |
Counsel in the heart of man is deep water, and a man of understanding draweth it out.
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| 20:6 |
Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; but a faithful man who shall find?
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| 20:7 |
The righteous walketh in his integrity: blessed are his children after him!
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| 20:8 |
A king sitting on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
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| 20:9 |
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
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| 20:10 |
Divers weights, divers measures, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah.
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| 20:11 |
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
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| 20:12 |
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.
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| 20:13 |
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
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| 20:14 |
Bad! bad! saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
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| 20:15 |
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a precious Jewel.
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| 20:16 |
Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for strangers.
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| 20:17 |
Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
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| 20:18 |
Plans are established by counsel; and with good advice make war.
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| 20:19 |
He that goeth about talebearing revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth his lips.
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| 20:20 |
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.
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| 20:21 |
An inheritance obtained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
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| 20:22 |
Say not, I will recompense evil: wait on Jehovah, and he shall save thee.
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| 20:23 |
Divers weights are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good.
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| 20:24 |
The steps of a man are from Jehovah; and how can a man understand his own way?
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| 20:25 |
It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is hallowed, and after vows to make inquiry.
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| 20:26 |
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
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| 20:27 |
Man's spirit is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the inner parts of the belly.
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| 20:28 |
Mercy and truth preserve the king; and he upholdeth his throne by mercy.
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| 20:29 |
The glory of young men is their strength; and the beauty of old men is the grey head.
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| 20:30 |
Wounding stripes purge away evil, and strokes [purge] the inner parts of the belly.
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