| Chapter 20 |
1 | Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith shell not be wise.
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2 | As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul.
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3 | It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but all fools are meddling with reproaches.
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4 | Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.
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5 | Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out.
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6 | Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man?
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7 | The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him blessed children.
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8 | The king, that sitteth on the throne of judgment, scattereth away all evil with his look.
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9 | Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin?
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10 | Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God.
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11 | By his inclinations a child is known, if his works be clean and right.
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12 | The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made them both.
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13 | Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.
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14 | It is nought, it is nought, saith every buyer: and when he is gone away, then he will boast.
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15 | There is gold, and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.
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16 | Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers.
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17 | The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
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18 | Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments.
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19 | Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.
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20 | He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness.
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21 | The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing.
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22 | Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord and he will deliver thee.
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23 | Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.
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24 | The steps of man are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?
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25 | It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract.
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26 | A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth over them the wheel.
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27 | The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, which searcheth all the hidden things of the bowels.
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28 | Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency.
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29 | The joy of young men is their strength: and the dignity of old men, their grey hairs.
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30 | The blueness of a wound shall wipe away evils: and stripes in the more in- ward parts of the belly.
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