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| | Pro 20:1 | Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
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| | 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.
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| | Pro 20:3 | It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.
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| | Pro 20:4 | The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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| | Pro 20:5 | Counsel in the heart of man is `like' deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.
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| | Pro 20:6 | Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?
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| | Pro 20:7 | A righteous man that walketh in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him.
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| | Pro 20:8 | A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
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| | Pro 20:9 | Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
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| | Pro 20:10 | Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
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| | Pro 20:11 | Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
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| | Pro 20:12 | The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.
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| | Pro 20:13 | Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, `and' thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
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| | Pro 20:14 | It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
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| | Pro 20:15 | There is gold, and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
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| | Pro 20:16 | Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge `that is surety' for foreigners.
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| | Pro 20:17 | Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
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| | Pro 20:18 | Every purpose is established by counsel; And by wise guidance make thou war.
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| | Pro 20:19 | He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.
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| | Pro 20:20 | Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
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| | Pro 20:21 | An inheritance `may be' gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.
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| | Pro 20:22 | Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.
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| | Pro 20:23 | Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.
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| | Pro 20:24 | A man's goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?
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| | Pro 20:25 | It is a snare to a man rashly to say, `It is' holy, And after vows to make inquiry.
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| | Pro 20:26 | A wise king winnoweth the wicked, And bringeth the `threshing' -wheel over them.
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| | Pro 20:27 | The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, Searching all his innermost parts.
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| | Pro 20:28 | Kindness and truth preserve the king; And his throne is upholden by kindness.
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| | Pro 20:29 | The glory of young men is their strength; And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.
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| | Pro 20:30 | Stripes that wound cleanse away evil; And strokes `reach' the innermost parts.
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