Proverbs 20:1-17

20:1 Wine is a mocker, beer is a brawler;
whoever goes astray[Or whoever staggers] because of them is not wise.

2 A king’s terrible wrath is like the roaring of a lion;
anyone who provokes him endangers himself.

3 Honor belongs to the person who ends a dispute,
but any fool can get himself into a quarrel.

4 The slacker does not plow during planting season;[Lit plow in winter]
at harvest time he looks,[Lit inquires] and there is nothing.

5 Counsel in a person’s heart is deep water;
but a person of understanding draws it out.

6 Many a person proclaims his own loyalty,
but who can find a trustworthy person?

7 A righteous person acts with integrity;
his children who come after him will be happy.

8 A king sitting on a throne to judge
separates out all evil with his eyes.

9 Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure;
I am cleansed from my sin”?

10 Differing weights and varying measures[Lit Stone and stone, measure and measure]—
both are detestable to the Lord.

11 Even a young man is known by his actions—
by whether his behavior is pure and upright.

12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye—
the Lord made them both.

13 Don’t love sleep, or you will become poor;
open your eyes, and you’ll have enough to eat.

14 “It’s worthless, it’s worthless!” the buyer says,
but after he is on his way, he gloats.

15 There is gold and a multitude of jewels,
but knowledgeable lips are a rare treasure.

16 Take his garment,
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.

17 Food gained by fraud is sweet to a person,
but afterward his mouth is full of gravel.

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