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Proverbs 20 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Pro 20:1

Pro 20:1Wine is a scorner -- strong drink is noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.

Pro 20:2

Pro 20:2The fear of a king is a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul.

Pro 20:3

Pro 20:3An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.

Pro 20:4

Pro 20:4Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.

Pro 20:5

Pro 20:5Counsel in the heart of a man is deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up.

Pro 20:6

Pro 20:6A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find?

Pro 20:7

Pro 20:7The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him!

Pro 20:8

Pro 20:8A king sitting on a throne of judgment, Is scattering with his eyes all evil,

Pro 20:9

Pro 20:9Who saith, 'I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?'

Pro 20:10

Pro 20:10A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them are an abomination to Jehovah.

Pro 20:11

Pro 20:11Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright.

Pro 20:12

Pro 20:12A hearing ear, and a seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.

Pro 20:13

Pro 20:13Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes -- be satisfied with bread.

Pro 20:14

Pro 20:14'Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.

Pro 20:15

Pro 20:15Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, are lips of knowledge.

Pro 20:16

Pro 20:16Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.

Pro 20:17

Pro 20:17Sweet to a man is the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled with gravel.

Pro 20:18

Pro 20:18Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war.

Pro 20:19

Pro 20:19A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver with his lips make not thyself surety.

Pro 20:20

Pro 20:20Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.

Pro 20:21

Pro 20:21An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed.

Pro 20:22

Pro 20:22Do not say, 'I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee.

Pro 20:23

Pro 20:23An abomination to Jehovah are a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit are not good.

Pro 20:24

Pro 20:24From Jehovah are the steps of a man, And man -- how understandeth he his way?

Pro 20:25

Pro 20:25A snare to a man is he hath swallowed a holy thing, And after vows to make inquiry.

Pro 20:26

Pro 20:26A wise king is scattering the wicked, And turneth back on them the wheel.

Pro 20:27

Pro 20:27The breath of man is a lamp of Jehovah, Searching all the inner parts of the heart.

Pro 20:28

Pro 20:28Kindness and truth keep a king, And he hath supported by kindness his throne.

Pro 20:29

Pro 20:29The beauty of young men is their strength, And the honour of old men is grey hairs.

Pro 20:30

Pro 20:30The bandages of a wound thou removest with the evil, Also the plagues of the inner parts of the heart!
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