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{Proverbs 20:1} Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 20:2} The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoso] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 20:3} [It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 20:4} The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 20:5} Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 20:6} Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 20:7} The just [man] walketh in his integrity: his children [are] blessed after him. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 20:8} A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 20:9} Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 20:10} Divers weights, [and] divers measures, both of them [are] alike abomination to the LORD. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 20:11} Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work [be] pure, and whether [it be] right. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 20:12} The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 20:13} Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 20:14} [It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 20:15} There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 20:16} Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 20:17} Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 20:18} [Every] purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 20:19} He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 20:20} Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 20:21} An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 20:22} Say not thou, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 20:23} Divers weights [are] an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance [is] not good. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 20:24} Man’s goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way? ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 20:25} [It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make enquiry. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 20:26} A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 20:27} The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 20:28} Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 20:29} The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty of old men [is] the grey head. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 20:30} The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so [do] stripes the inward parts of the belly.

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