Celledoor Bible: Proverbs 20

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Proverbs of Solomon
20
¹°It is a luxurious thing, wine, and inebriation is tumultuous. Anyone who is delighted by this will not be wise._† ²°Just like the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king. Whoever provokes him sins in his own soul. ³°Honor is for the man who separates himself from contentions. But all the foolish meddle in altercations._† ⁴°Because of the cold, the lazy one was not willing to plough. Therefore, in the summer, he will beg, and it will not be given to him. ⁵°Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep waters. But a wise man will draw it out._† ⁶°Many men are called merciful. But who will find a faithful man?_† ⁷°The just who walks in his simplicity shall leave behind him blessed sons. ⁸°The king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters all evil with his gaze._† ⁹°Who is able to say: “My heart is clean. I am pure from sin?”_† ¹⁰°Diverse weights, diverse measures: both are abominable with God._† ¹¹°A child may be understood by his interests: whether his works may be clean and upright._† ¹²°The hearing ear and the seeing eye: the Lord has made them both._† ¹³°Do not love sleep, lest deprivation oppress you. Open your eyes and be satisfied with bread._† ¹⁴°“It is bad, it is bad,” says every buyer; and when he has withdrawn, then he will boast._† ¹⁵°There is gold, and there are a multitude of jewels. But lips of knowledge are a precious vessel. ¹⁶°Take away the vestments of him who stands up to vouch for a stranger, and take a pledge from him instead of from outsiders._† ¹⁷°The bread of lies is sweet to a man. But afterwards, his mouth will be filled with pebbles._† ¹⁸°Plans are strengthened by counsels. And wars are to be handled by governments._† ¹⁹°Do not become involved with him who reveals mysteries, and who walks deceitfully, and who enlarges his lips._† ²⁰°Whoever curses his father and mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the midst of darkness._† ²¹°When an inheritance is obtained hastily in the beginning, in the end it will be without a blessing._† ²²°Do not say, “I will repay evil.” Wait for the Lord, and he will free you._† ²³°Diverse weights are an abomination with the Lord. A deceitful balance is not good. ²⁴°The steps of men are directed by the Lord. But who is the man able to understand his own way?_† ²⁵°It is ruin for a man to devour what is holy, or, after making vows, to retract them._† ²⁶°A wise king scatters the impious and bends an archway over them._† ²⁷°The spirit of a man is a lamp to the Lord, which investigates all the secrets of the inner self._† ²⁸°Mercy and truth guard the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency._† ²⁹°The joy of youths is their strength. And the dignity of old men is their grey hairs._† ³⁰°The bruise of a wound, as well as scourges, shall wipe away evils in the more secret places of the inner self._†

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