Proverbs 20 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

On Life and Conduct

Pro 20:1

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler;

And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.

Pro 20:2

The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion:

He that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own life.

Pro 20:3

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife;

But every fool will be quarrelling.

Pro 20:4

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter;

Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Pro 20:5

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water;

But a man of understanding will draw it out.

Pro 20:6

Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness;

But a faithful man who can find?

Pro 20:7

A righteous man that walketh in his integrity,

Blessed are his children after him.

Pro 20:8

A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment

Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

Pro 20:9

Who can say, I have made my heart clean,

I am pure from my sin?

Pro 20:10

Diverse weights, and diverse measures,

Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.

Pro 20:11

Even a child maketh himself known by his doings,

Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

Pro 20:12

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye,

Jehovah hath made even both of them.

Pro 20:13

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty;

Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Pro 20:14

It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer;

But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

Pro 20:15

There is gold, and abundance of rubies;

But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

Pro 20:16

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger;

And hold him in pledge that is surety for foreigners.

Pro 20:17

Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man;

But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Pro 20:18

Every purpose is established by counsel;

And by wise guidance make thou war.

Pro 20:19

He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets;

Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.

Pro 20:20

Whoso curseth his father or his mother,

His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

Pro 20:21

An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning;

But the end thereof shall not be blessed.

Pro 20:22

Say not thou, I will recompense evil:

Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.

Pro 20:23

Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah;

And a false balance is not good.

Pro 20:24

A man’s goings are of Jehovah;

How then can man understand his way?

Pro 20:25

It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy,

And after vows to make inquiry.

Pro 20:26

A wise king winnoweth the wicked,

And bringeth the threshing-wheel over them.

Pro 20:27

The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah,

Searching all his innermost parts.

Pro 20:28

Kindness and truth preserve the king;

And his throne is upholden by kindness.

Pro 20:29

The glory of young men is their strength;

And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.

Pro 20:30

Stripes that wound cleanse away evil;

And strokes reach the innermost parts.

Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

Proverbs 20 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

On Life and Conduct

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