Proverbs 20 : 1 (NLV)
Wine makes people act in a foolish way. Strong drink starts fights. Whoever is fooled by it is not wise.
Proverbs 20 : 2 (NLV)
The anger of a king is like the noise of a lion. He who makes him angry gives up his own life.
Proverbs 20 : 3 (NLV)
It is an honor for a man to keep away from fighting, but any fool will argue.
Proverbs 20 : 4 (NLV)
The lazy man does not plow before winter. So he begs during gathering time and has nothing.
Proverbs 20 : 5 (NLV)
The plan in a man's heart is like water in a deep well, but a man of understanding gets it out.
Proverbs 20 : 6 (NLV)
Many men tell about their own loving-kindness and good ways but who can find a faithful man?
Proverbs 20 : 7 (NLV)
How happy are the sons of a man who is right with God and walks in honor!
Proverbs 20 : 8 (NLV)
A king who sits on his throne to judge finds out all sin with his eyes.
Proverbs 20 : 9 (NLV)
Who can say, "I have made my heart clean, and I am pure from my sin?"
Proverbs 20 : 10 (NLV)
The Lord hates the use of tools that lie about how heavy or how long something is.
Proverbs 20 : 11 (NLV)
A young man makes himself known by his actions and proves if his ways are pure and right.
Proverbs 20 : 12 (NLV)
The hearing ear and the seeing eye were both made by the Lord.
Proverbs 20 : 13 (NLV)
Do not love sleep, or you will become poor. Open your eyes, and you will be filled with food.
Proverbs 20 : 14 (NLV)
"It is bad, it is bad," says the one who buys, but when he goes away, he talks much about his good buy.
Proverbs 20 : 15 (NLV)
There is gold and many stones of great worth, but the lips of much learning are worth more.
Proverbs 20 : 16 (NLV)
Take a man's coat when he has given himself as trust for what a stranger owes. And hold him to his promise when he gives himself as trust for what the people from other lands owe.
Proverbs 20 : 17 (NLV)
Bread a man gets by lying is sweet to him, but later his mouth will be filled with sand.
Proverbs 20 : 18 (NLV)
Make plans by listening to what others have to say, and make war by listening to the leading of wise men.
Proverbs 20 : 19 (NLV)
He who goes about talking to hurt people makes secrets known. So do not be with those who talk about others.
Proverbs 20 : 20 (NLV)
If a son talks against his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in the time of darkness.
Proverbs 20 : 21 (NLV)
A large gift received at one time in a hurry will not bring good in the end.
Proverbs 20 : 22 (NLV)
Do not say, "I will punish wrongdoing." Wait on the Lord, and He will take care of it.
Proverbs 20 : 23 (NLV)
Giving the wrong weight is hated by the Lord. And weighing something wrong is not good.
Proverbs 20 : 24 (NLV)
A man's steps are decided by the Lord. How can anyone understand his own way?
Proverbs 20 : 25 (NLV)
It is a trap for a man to say without thinking, "It is holy," and then later think more about what he has promised.
Proverbs 20 : 26 (NLV)
A wise king puts the sinful aside and crushes the grain over them.
Proverbs 20 : 27 (NLV)
The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord. It shows all the inside parts of his heart.
Proverbs 20 : 28 (NLV)
A king will stay in power as long as he is faithful and true. He can stay on his throne if he does what is right and good.
Proverbs 20 : 29 (NLV)
The honor of young men is their strength. And the honor of old men is their hair turning white.
Proverbs 20 : 30 (NLV)
Beatings that hurt clean away sin. And beatings make even the inside parts clean.
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