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  20:1 ¶
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise. |
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20:1 ¶
Wine°
[is] a mocker,°°
strong drink°
[is] raging:°°
and whosoever°
is deceived°°
thereby is not°
wise.°° |
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20:2
The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own life. |
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20:2
The fear°
of a king°
[is] as the roaring°
of a lion:°
[whoso] provoketh him to anger°°
sinneth°°
[against] his own soul.° |
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20:3
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling. |
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20:3
[It is] an honour°
for a man°
to cease°
from strife:°°
but every°
fool°
will be meddling.°° |
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20:4
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. |
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20:4
The sluggard°
will not°
plow°°
by reason of the cold;°°
[therefore] shall he beg°°°°
in harvest,°
and [have] nothing.° |
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20:5
Counsel in the heart of man is [like] deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out. |
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20:5
Counsel°
in the heart°
of man°
[is like] deep°
water;°
but a man°
of understanding°
will draw it out.°° |
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20:6
Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find? |
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20:6
Most°
men°
will proclaim°°
every one°
his own goodness:°
but a faithful°
man°
who°
can find?°° |
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20:7
A righteous man that walketh in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him. |
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20:7
The just°
[man] walketh°°
in his integrity:°
his children°
[are] blessed°
after°
him. |
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20:8
A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment Scattereth away all evil with his eyes. |
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20:8
A king°
that sitteth°
in°°°
the throne°
of judgment°
scattereth away°°
all°
evil°
with his eyes.° |
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20:9
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? |
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20:9
Who°
can say,°°
I have made my heart°
clean,°°
I am pure°°
from my sin?°° |
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20:10
Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah. |
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20:10
Divers weights,°
[and] divers measures,°
both°
of them [are] alike°
abomination°
to the LORD.° |
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20:11
Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. |
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20:11
Even°
a child°
is known°°
by his doings,°
whether°
his work°
[be] pure,°
and whether°
[it be] right.° |
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20:12
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them. |
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20:12
The hearing°°
ear,°
and the seeing°°
eye,°
the LORD°
hath made°°
even°
both°
of them. |
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20:13
Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread. |
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20:13
Love°°
not°
sleep,°
lest°
thou come to poverty;°°
open°°
thine eyes,°
[and] thou shalt be satisfied°°
with bread.° |
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20:14
It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. |
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20:14
[It is] naught,°
[it is] naught,°
saith°°
the buyer:°°
but when he is gone°°
his way,°
then°
he boasteth.°° |
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20:15
There is gold, and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. |
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20:15
There is°
gold,°
and a multitude°
of rubies:°
but the lips°
of knowledge°
[are] a precious°
jewel.° |
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20:16
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for foreigners. |
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20:16
Take°°
his garment°
that°
is surety°°
[for] a stranger:°°
and take a pledge°°
of him for°
a strange woman.° |
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20:17
Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. |
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20:17
Bread°
of deceit°
[is] sweet°
to a man;°
but afterwards°
his mouth°
shall be filled°°
with gravel.° |
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20:18
Every purpose is established by counsel; And by wise guidance make thou war. |
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20:18
[Every] purpose°
is established°°
by counsel:°
and with good advice°
make°°
war.° |
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20:19
He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips. |
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20:19
He that goeth about°°
[as] a talebearer°
revealeth°°
secrets:°
therefore meddle°°
not°
with him that flattereth°°
with his lips.° |
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20:20
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness. |
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20:20
Whoso curseth°°
his father°
or his mother,°
his lamp°
shall be put out°°
in obscure°°
darkness.° |
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20:21
An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed. |
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20:21
An inheritance°
[may be] gotten hastily°°°°
at the beginning;°
but the end°
thereof shall not°
be blessed.°° |
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20:22
Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee. |
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20:22
Say°°
not°
thou, I will recompense°°
evil;°
[but] wait°
on°°
the LORD,°
and he shall save°°
thee. |
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20:23
Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good. |
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20:23
Divers weights°
[are] an abomination°
unto the LORD;°
and a false°
balance°
[is] not°
good.° |
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20:24
A man's goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way? |
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20:24
Man's°
goings°
[are] of the LORD;°°
how°
can a man°
then understand°°
his own way?° |
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20:25
It is a snare to a man rashly to say, [It is] holy, And after vows to make inquiry. |
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20:25
[It is] a snare°
to the man°
[who] devoureth°°
[that which is] holy,°
and after°
vows°
to make enquiry.°° |
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20:26
A wise king winnoweth the wicked, And bringeth the [threshing]-wheel over them. |
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20:26
A wise°
king°
scattereth°°
the wicked,°
and bringeth°°
the wheel°
over°
them. |
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20:27
The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, Searching all his innermost parts. |
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20:27
The spirit°
of man°
[is] the candle°
of the LORD,°
searching°°
all°
the inward parts°
of the belly.° |
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20:28
Kindness and truth preserve the king; And his throne is upholden by kindness. |
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20:28
Mercy°
and truth°
preserve°°
the king:°
and his throne°
is upholden°°
by mercy.° |
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20:29
The glory of young men is their strength; And the beauty of old men is the hoary head. |
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20:29
The glory°
of young men°
[is] their strength:°
and the beauty°
of old men°
[is] the gray head.° |
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20:30
Stripes that wound cleanse away evil; And strokes [reach] the innermost parts. |
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20:30
The blueness°
of a wound°
cleanseth°
away°
evil:°
so [do] stripes°
the inward parts°
of the belly.° |
