Proverbs Chapter 20

• Proverbs 20:1
  Proverbs.
• Proverbs 20:2
  Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
• Proverbs 20:3
  The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
• Proverbs 20:4
  It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
• Proverbs 20:5
  The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
• Proverbs 20:6
  Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
• Proverbs 20:7
  Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?
• Proverbs 20:8
  A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.
• Proverbs 20:9
  A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
• Proverbs 20:10
  Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin”?
• Proverbs 20:11
  Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.
• Proverbs 20:12
  Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
• Proverbs 20:13
  The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made even both of them.
• Proverbs 20:14
  Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
• Proverbs 20:15
  “It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
• Proverbs 20:16
  There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
• Proverbs 20:18
  Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
• Proverbs 20:19
  Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
• Proverbs 20:20
  He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
• Proverbs 20:21
  Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
• Proverbs 20:22
  An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning won’t be blessed in the end.
• Proverbs 20:23
  Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for the LORD, and he will save you.
• Proverbs 20:24
  The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
• Proverbs 20:25
  A man’s steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way?
• Proverbs 20:26
  It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.
• Proverbs 20:27
  A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.
• Proverbs 20:28
  The spirit of man is the LORD’s lamp, searching all his innermost parts.
• Proverbs 20:29
  Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.
• Proverbs 20:30
  The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
• Proverbs 20:31
  Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.