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Proverbs Chapter 20 |
Bible Study Toolwith links to word definitions, and comparison translations: Parallel (P) & Interlinear (I) at right, as well as (KJV) & (YLT) below |
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1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is deceived thereby is not wise. Last updated: Mar, 2013 |
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Young's Literal1 Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. 2 The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoso] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul. 3 [It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. 4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing. 5 Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. 6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? 7 The just [man] walketh in his integrity: his children [are] blessed after him. 8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. 9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? 10 Divers weights, [and] divers measures, both of them [are] alike abomination to the LORD. 11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work [be] pure, and whether [it be] right. 12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them. 13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread. 14 [It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. 15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel. 16 Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. 17 Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. 18 [Every] purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. 19 He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. 20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. 21 An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. 22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee. 23 Divers weights [are] an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance [is] not good. 24 Man’s goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way? 25 [It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make inquiry. 26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. 27 The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. 28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy. 29 The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty of old men [is] the gray head. 30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so [do] stripes the inward parts of the belly. King James Version1 Wine [is] a scorner -- strong drink [is] noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise. 2 The fear of a king [is] a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul. 3 An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth. 4 Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing. 5 Counsel in the heart of a man [is] deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up. 6 A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find? 7 The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him! 8 A king sitting on a throne of judgment, Is scattering with his eyes all evil, 9 Who saith, 'I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?' 10 A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them [are] an abomination to Jehovah. 11 Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright. 12 A hearing ear, and a seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them. 13 Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes -- be satisfied [with] bread. 14 'Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself. 15 Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, [are] lips of knowledge. 16 Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it. 17 Sweet to a man [is] the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled [with] gravel. 18 Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war. 19 A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver [with] his lips make not thyself surety. 20 Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness. 21 An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed. 22 Do not say, 'I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee. 23 An abomination to Jehovah [are] a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit [are] not good. 24 From Jehovah [are] the steps of a man, And man -- how understandeth he his way? 25 A snare to a man [is] he hath swallowed a holy thing, And after vows to make inquiry. 26 A wise king is scattering the wicked, And turneth back on them the wheel. 27 The breath of man [is] a lamp of Jehovah, Searching all the inner parts of the heart. 28 Kindness and truth keep a king, And he hath supported by kindness his throne. 29 The beauty of young men is their strength, And the honour of old men is grey hairs. 30 The bandages of a wound thou removest with the evil, Also the plagues of the inner parts of the heart! |