Chapter 20

  Wine is a scorner, strong drink is raging; and whoso erreth thereby is not wise.  

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  The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.  

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  It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it.  

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  The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.  

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  Counsel in the heart of man is deep water, and a man of understanding draweth it out.  

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  Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; but a faithful man who shall find?  

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  The righteous walketh in his integrity: blessed are his children after him!  

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  A king sitting on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.  

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  Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?  

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  Divers weights, divers measures, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah.  

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  Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.  

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  The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.  

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  Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.  

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  Bad! bad! saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.  

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  There is gold, and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a precious Jewel.  

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  Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for strangers.  

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  Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.  

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  Plans are established by counsel; and with good advice make war.  

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  He that goeth about talebearing revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth his lips.  

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  Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.  

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  An inheritance obtained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed in the end.  

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  Say not, I will recompense evil: wait on Jehovah, and he shall save thee.  

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  Divers weights are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good.  

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  The steps of a man are from Jehovah; and how can a man understand his own way?  

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  It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is hallowed, and after vows to make inquiry.  

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  A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.  

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  Man's spirit is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the inner parts of the belly.  

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  Mercy and truth preserve the king; and he upholdeth his throne by mercy.  

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  The glory of young men is their strength; and the beauty of old men is the grey head.  

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  Wounding stripes purge away evil, and strokes [purge] the inner parts of the belly.  

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