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Proverbs 20 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Wine Is a Mocker

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:1 - Wine is a mocker,
Strong drink is a brawler,
And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:2 - The wrath[fn] of a king is like the roaring of a lion;
Whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:3 - It is honorable for a man to stop striving,
Since any fool can start a quarrel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:4 - The lazy man will not plow because of winter;
He will beg during harvest and have nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:5 - Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water,
But a man of understanding will draw it out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:6 - Most men will proclaim each his own goodness,
But who can find a faithful man?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:7 - The righteous man walks in his integrity;
His children are blessed after him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:8 - A king who sits on the throne of judgment
Scatters all evil with his eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:9 - Who can say, “I have made my heart clean,
I am pure from my sin”?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:10 - Diverse weights and diverse measures,
They are both alike, an abomination to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:11 - Even a child is known by his deeds,
Whether what he does is pure and right.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:12 - The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
The LORD has made them both.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:13 - Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty;
Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:14 - “It is good for nothing,”[fn] cries the buyer;
But when he has gone his way, then he boasts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:15 - There is gold and a multitude of rubies,
But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:16 - Take the garment of one who is surety for a stranger,
And hold it as a pledge when it is for a seductress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:17 - Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man,
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:18 - Plans are established by counsel;
By wise counsel wage war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:19 - He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets;
Therefore do not associate with one who flatters with his lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:20 - Whoever curses his father or his mother,
His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:21 - An inheritance gained hastily at the beginning
Will not be blessed at the end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:22 - Do not say, “I will recompense evil”;
Wait for the LORD, and He will save you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:23 - Diverse weights are an abomination to the LORD,
And dishonest scales are not good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:24 - A man’s steps are of the LORD;
How then can a man understand his own way?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25 - It is a snare for a man to devote rashly something as holy,
And afterward to reconsider his vows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:26 - A wise king sifts out the wicked,
And brings the threshing wheel over them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:27 - The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD,
Searching all the inner depths of his heart.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:28 - Mercy and truth preserve the king,
And by lovingkindness he upholds his throne.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:29 - The glory of young men is their strength,
And the splendor of old men is their gray head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:30 - Blows that hurt cleanse away evil,
As do stripes the inner depths of the heart.[fn]
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
Literally fear or terror which is produced by the king’s wrath
Literally evil, evil
Literally the rooms of the belly
Literally the rooms of the belly
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New King James Version, © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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For more information on this translation, see the NKJV Preface.

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Proverbs Chapter 20 — Additional Translations:

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