translation_id: asv-eng-asv

book_id: PRO

book: Proverbs

reference: Proverbs 20:1

text: Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.


reference: Proverbs 20:2

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


reference: Proverbs 20:3

text: It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.


reference: Proverbs 20:4

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


reference: Proverbs 20:5

text: Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.


reference: Proverbs 20:6

text: Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?


reference: Proverbs 20:7

text: A righteous man that walketh in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him.


reference: Proverbs 20:8

text: A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.


reference: Proverbs 20:9

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


reference: Proverbs 20:10

text: Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.


reference: Proverbs 20:11

text: Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.


reference: Proverbs 20:12

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


reference: Proverbs 20:13

text: Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.


reference: Proverbs 20:14

text: It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.


reference: Proverbs 20:15

text: There is gold, and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.


reference: Proverbs 20:16

text: Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for foreigners.


reference: Proverbs 20:17

text: Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.


reference: Proverbs 20:18

text: Every purpose is established by counsel; And by wise guidance make thou war.


reference: Proverbs 20:19

text: He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.


reference: Proverbs 20:20

text: Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.


reference: Proverbs 20:21

text: An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.


reference: Proverbs 20:22

text: Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.


reference: Proverbs 20:23

text: Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.


reference: Proverbs 20:24

text: A man's goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?


reference: Proverbs 20:25

text: It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy, And after vows to make inquiry.


reference: Proverbs 20:26

text: A wise king winnoweth the wicked, And bringeth the threshing-wheel over them.


reference: Proverbs 20:27

text: The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, Searching all his innermost parts.


reference: Proverbs 20:28

text: Kindness and truth preserve the king; And his throne is upholden by kindness.


reference: Proverbs 20:29

text: The glory of young men is their strength; And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.


reference: Proverbs 20:30

text: Stripes that wound cleanse away evil; And strokes reach the innermost parts.