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Proverbs 20 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:1 - Wine is an intemperate thing, and strong drink full of violence: but every fool is entangled with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:2 - The threat of a king differs not from the rage of a lion; and he that provokes him sins against his own soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:3 - It is a glory to a man to turn aside from railing; but every fool is entangled with such matters.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:4 - A sluggard when reproached is not ashamed: so also he who borrows corn in harvest.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:5 - Counsel in a man's heart is deep water; but a prudent man will draw it out.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:6 - A man is valuable, and a merciful man precious: but it is hard to find a faithful man.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:7 - He that walks blameless in justice, shall leave his children blessed.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:8 - Whenever a righteous king sits on the throne, no evil thing can stand before his presence.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:9 - Who will boast that he has a pure heart? or who will boldly say that he is pure from sins?
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:10 - A large and small weight, and [fn]divers measures, are even both of them unclean before the Lord; and so is he that makes them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:11 - A youth when in company with a godly man, will be restrained in his devices, and then his way will be straight.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:12 - The ear hears, and the eye sees: even both of them are the Lord's work.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:13 - Love not to speak ill, lest thou be cut off: open thine eyes, and be filled with bread.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:20 - (LXX 20:9a) The lamp of him that reviles father or mother shall be put out, and his eyeballs shall see darkness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:21 - (LXX 20:9b) A portion hastily gotten at first shall not be blessed in the end.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:22 - (LXX 20:9c) Say not, I will avenge myself on my enemy; but wait on the Lord, that he may help thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:23 - A double weight is an abomination to the Lord; and a deceitful balance is not good in his sight.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:24 - A man's goings are directed of the Lord: how then can a mortal understand his ways?
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25 - It is a snare to a man hastily to consecrate some of his own property: for in that case repentance comes after vowing.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:26 - A wise king utterly crushes the ungodly, and will bring a wheel upon them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:27 - The [fn]spirit of man is a light of the Lord, who searches the inmost parts of the belly.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:28 - Mercy and truth are a guard to a king, and will surround his throne with righteousness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:29 - Wisdom is an ornament to young men; and grey hairs are the glory of old men.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:30 - Bruises and contusions befall bad men; and plagues shall come into the inward parts of their belly.
BES Footnotes
Gr. double.
Comp. chap 11:13.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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