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Proverbs 20 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Pro 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
Pro 20:2The dread wrath of a king is like the growling of a lion; he who provokes him to anger forfeits his life.
Pro 20:3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.
Pro 20:4The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
Pro 20:5The purpose in a man's mind is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Pro 20:6Many a man proclaims his own loyalty, but a faithful man who can find?
Pro 20:7A righteous man who walks in his integrity-- blessed are his sons after him!
Pro 20:8A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes.
Pro 20:9Who can say, "I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin"?
Pro 20:10Diverse weights and diverse measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
Pro 20:11Even a child makes himself known by his acts, whether what he does is pure and right.
Pro 20:12The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the LORD has made them both.
Pro 20:13Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
Pro 20:14"It is bad, it is bad," says the buyer; but when he goes away, then he boasts.
Pro 20:15There is gold, and abundance of costly stones; but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Pro 20:16Take a man's garment when he has given surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners.
Pro 20:17Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.
Pro 20:18Plans are established by counsel; by wise guidance wage war.
Pro 20:19He who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with one who speaks foolishly.
Pro 20:20If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
Pro 20:21An inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning will in the end not be blessed.
Pro 20:22Do not say, "I will repay evil"; wait for the LORD, and he will help you.
Pro 20:23Diverse weights are an abomination to the LORD, and false scales are not good.
Pro 20:24A man's steps are ordered by the LORD; how then can man understand his way?
Pro 20:25It is a snare for a man to say rashly, "It is holy," and to reflect only after making his vows.
Pro 20:26A wise king winnows the wicked, and drives the wheel over them.
Pro 20:27The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts.
Pro 20:28Loyalty and faithfulness preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by righteousness.
Pro 20:29The glory of young men is their strength, but the beauty of old men is their gray hair.
Pro 20:30Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean the innermost parts.
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