Proverbs 20

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1 Wine - mocking, strong drink - riot; And everyone who is carried away by them is unreasonable.

2 The thunderstorm of the king is like the roar of a lion: he who annoys him sins against himself.

3 Honor for a man is to fall behind a quarrel; But every fool is bewildered.

4 The sluggard does not plow in the winter: he will look in the summer - and there is nothing.

5 Thoughts in the heart of a man are deep waters, but a rational man draws them out.

6th Many praise a person for mercy, but who can find a truthful person?

7th The righteous walks in his integrity: blessed are his children after him!

8 The king, sitting on the throne of judgment, dispels all evil with his eyes.

9 Who can say: "I have purified my heart, am I pure from my sin?"

10 Unequal scales, unequal measure, both are an abomination to the Lord.

eleven One can even recognize a young man by his studies, whether his behavior is pure and right.

12 The ear that hears and the eye that sees, both created the Lord.

13 Do not love to sleep so that you will not become impoverished; Keep your eyes open, and you will be full of bread.

14 "It's bad, it's bad," says the buyer, and when he leaves, he boasts.

15 There is gold and a lot of pearls, but precious utensils are reasonable mouths.

16 Take his dress, for he vouched for the stranger; And take a pledge from him.

17th The bread sweet for man is [acquired] by iniquity; But after his mouth is filled with grief.

18 Enterprises get firmness through the meeting, and conduct a war on the meeting.

19 He who walks with the carrier reveals the secret; And who opens his mouth wide, so do not report.

20 Whoever curses his father and his mother, that lamp will go out in the midst of deep darkness.

21 The inheritance, hastily captured at the beginning, will not be blessed afterwards.

22 Do not say: "I will repay for evil"; Leave it to the Lord, and He will keep you.

23 The abomination to the Lord is not the same weight, and the wrong balance is not good.

24 The steps of man are directed from the Lord; How can a man know his way?

25 Network for a person - hastily give a vow, and after a vow to ponder.

26th The wise king will lead the wicked and turn the wheel to them.

27th The lamp of the Lord is the spirit of man, experiencing all the depths of the heart.

28 Grace and truth guard the king, and by grace he supports his throne.

29 The glory of the young men is their strength, and the adornment of the elderly is gray.

thirty Wounds from beatings - healing against evil, and blows penetrating the inside of the womb.

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