| 20.1 |
Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise. |
| 20.2 |
The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life. |
| 20.3 |
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling. |
| 20.4 |
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. |
| 20.5 |
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. |
| 20.6 |
Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man? |
| 20.7 |
A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him. |
| 20.8 |
A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes. |
| 20.9 |
Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?” |
| 20.10 |
Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh. |
| 20.11 |
Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right. |
| 20.12 |
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them. |
| 20.13 |
Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread. |
| 20.14 |
“It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts. |
| 20.15 |
There is gold and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel. |
| 20.16 |
Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman. |
| 20.17 |
Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel. |
| 20.18 |
Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war! |
| 20.19 |
He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips. |
| 20.20 |
Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness. |
| 20.21 |
An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won’t be blessed in the end. |
| 20.22 |
Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you. |
| 20.23 |
Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing. |
| 20.24 |
A man’s steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way? |
| 20.25 |
It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows. |
| 20.26 |
A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them. |
| 20.27 |
The spirit of man is Yahweh’s lamp, searching all his innermost parts. |
| 20.28 |
Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love. |
| 20.29 |
The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair. |
| 20.30 |
Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts. |
