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Proverbs 20:3-30

20:3

[It is] an honour
<03519>

for a man
<0376>

to cease
<07674>

from strife
<07379>_:

but every fool
<0191>

will be meddling
<01566> (8691)_.

20:4

The sluggard
<06102>

will not plow
<02790> (8799)

by reason of the cold
<02779>_;

[therefore] shall he beg
<07592> (8804) (8675) <07592> (8799)

in harvest
<07105>_,

and [have] nothing. {cold: or, winter}

20:5

Counsel
<06098>

in the heart
<03820>

of man
<0376>

[is like] deep
<06013>

water
<04325>_;

but a man
<0376>

of understanding
<08394>

will draw it out
<01802> (8799)_.

20:6

Most
<07230>

men
<0120>

will proclaim
<07121> (8799)

every one
<0376>

his own goodness
<02617>_:

but a faithful
<0529>

man
<0376>

who can find
<04672> (8799)_?

{goodness: or, bounty}

20:7

The just
<06662>

[man] walketh
<01980> (8693)

in his integrity
<08537>_:

his children
<01121>

[are] blessed
<0835>

after
<0310>

him.

20:8

A king
<04428>

that sitteth in
<03427> (8802)

the throne
<03678>

of judgment
<01779>

scattereth away
<02219> (8764)

all evil
<07451>

with his eyes
<05869>_.

20:9

Who can say
<0559> (8799)_,

I have made my heart
<03820>

clean
<02135> (8765)_,

I am pure
<02891> (8804)

from my sin
<02403>_?

20:10

Divers weights
<068> <068>_,

[and] divers measures
<0374> <0374>_,

both
<08147>

of them [are] alike
<01571>

abomination
<08441>

to the LORD
<03068>_.

{Divers weights: Heb. A stone and a stone} {divers measures: Heb. an ephah and an ephah}

20:11

Even a child
<05288>

is known
<05234> (8691)

by his doings
<04611>_,

whether his work
<06467>

[be] pure
<02134>_,

and whether [it be] right
<03477>_.

20:12

The hearing
<08085> (8802)

ear
<0241>_,

and the seeing
<07200> (8802)

eye
<05869>_,

the LORD
<03068>

hath made
<06213> (8804)

even both
<08147>

of them.

20:13

Love
<0157> (8799)

not sleep
<08142>_,

lest thou come to poverty
<03423> (8735)_;

open
<06491> (8798)

thine eyes
<05869>_,

[and] thou shalt be satisfied
<07646> (8798)

with bread
<03899>_.

20:14

[It is] naught
<07451>_,

[it is] naught
<07451>_,

saith
<0559> (8799)

the buyer
<07069> (8802)_:

but when he is gone
<0235> (8801)

his way, then he boasteth
<01984> (8691)_.

20:15

There is
<03426>

gold
<02091>_,

and a multitude
<07230>

of rubies
<06443>_:

but the lips
<08193>

of knowledge
<01847>

[are] a precious
<03366>

jewel
<03627>_.

20:16

Take
<03947> (8798)

his garment
<0899>

that is surety
<06148> (8804)

[for] a stranger
<02114> (8801)_:

and take a pledge
<02254> (8798)

of him for a strange woman
<05237>_.

20:17

Bread
<03899>

of deceit
<08267>

[is] sweet
<06156>

to a man
<0376>_;

but afterwards
<0310>

his mouth
<06310>

shall be filled
<04390> (8735)

with gravel
<02687>_.

{deceit: Heb. lying, or, falsehood}

20:18

[Every] purpose
<04284>

is established
<03559> (8735)

by counsel
<06098>_:

and with good advice
<08458>

make
<06213> (8798)

war
<04421>_.

20:19

He that goeth about
<01980> (8802)

[as] a talebearer
<07400>

revealeth
<01540> (8802)

secrets
<05475>_:

therefore meddle
<06148> (8691)

not with him that flattereth
<06601> (8802)

with his lips
<08193>_.

{flattereth: or, enticeth}

20:20

Whoso curseth
<07043> (8764)

his father
<01>

or his mother
<0517>_,

his lamp
<05216>

shall be put out
<01846> (8799)

in obscure
<0380> (8676) <0380>

darkness
<02822>_.

{lamp: or, candle}

20:21

An inheritance
<05159>

[may be] gotten hastily
<0926> (8794) (8675) <0973> (8794)

at the beginning
<07223>_;

but the end
<0319>

thereof shall not be blessed
<01288> (8792)_.

20:22

Say
<0559> (8799)

not thou, I will recompense
<07999> (8762)

evil
<07451>_;

[but] wait on
<06960> (8761)

the LORD
<03068>_,

and he shall save
<03467> (8686)

thee.

20:23

Divers weights
<068> <068>

[are] an abomination
<08441>

unto the LORD
<03068>_;

and a false
<04820>

balance
<03976>

[is] not good
<02896>_.

{a false...: Heb. balance of deceit}

20:24

Man's
<01397>

goings
<04703>

[are] of the LORD
<03068>_;

how can a man
<0120>

then understand
<0995> (8799)

his own way
<01870>_?

20:25

[It is] a snare
<04170>

to the man
<0120>

[who] devoureth
<03216> (8804)

[that which is] holy
<06944>_,

and after
<0310>

vows
<05088>

to make enquiry
<01239> (8763)_.

20:26

A wise
<02450>

king
<04428>

scattereth
<02219> (8764)

the wicked
<07563>_,

and bringeth
<07725> (8686)

the wheel
<0212>

over them.

20:27

The spirit
<05397>

of man
<0120>

[is] the candle
<05216>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

searching
<02664> (8802)

all the inward parts
<02315>

of the belly
<0990>_.

{candle: or, lamp}

20:28

Mercy
<02617>

and truth
<0571>

preserve
<05341> (8799)

the king
<04428>_:

and his throne
<03678>

is upholden
<05582> (8804)

by mercy
<02617>_.

20:29

The glory
<08597>

of young men
<0970>

[is] their strength
<03581>_:

and the beauty
<01926>

of old men
<02205>

[is] the gray head
<07872>_.

20:30

The blueness
<02250>

of a wound
<06482>

cleanseth
<08562>

away evil
<07451>_:

so [do] stripes
<04347>

the inward parts
<02315>

of the belly
<0990>_.

{cleanseth...: Heb. is a purging medicine against}