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

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