en_RV1895 - Pro 20 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; and whosoever erreth thereby is not wise

² The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own life

³ It is an honour for a man to keep aloof from strife: But every fool will be quarrelling

⁴ The slothful will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing

⁵ Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out

⁶ Most men wilt proclaim every one his own kindness: But a faithful man who can find?

⁷ A just man that walketh in his integrity, blessed are his children after him

⁸ A king that sitteth on the throne of judgement scattereth away all evil with his eyes

⁹ Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

¹⁰ Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD

¹¹ Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right

¹² The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them

¹³ Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread

¹⁴ It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth

¹⁵ There is gold, and abundance of rubies: But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel

¹⁶ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; and hold him in pledge that is surety for strangers

¹⁷ Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel

¹⁸ Every purpose is established by counsel: And by wise guidance make thou war,

¹⁹ He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: Therefore meddle not with him that openeth wide his lips

²⁰ Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness

²¹ An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed

²² Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee

²³ Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good

²⁴ A man's goings are of the LORD; how then can man understand his way?

²⁵ It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy, and after vows to make inquiry

²⁶ A wise king winnoweth the wicked, and bringeth the threshing wheel over them

²⁷ The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all the innermost parts of the belly

²⁸ Mercy and truth preserve the king: And his throne is upholden by mercy

²⁹ The glory of young men is their strength: And the beauty of old men is the hoary head

³⁰ Stripes that wound cleanse away evil: And strokes reach the innermost parts of the belly.