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  20:1 ¶
Wine is an intemperate thing, and strong drink full of violence: but every fool is entangled with them. |
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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 threat of a king differs not from the rage of a lion; and he that provokes him sins against his own soul. |
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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] a glory to a man to turn aside from railing; but every fool is entangled with such matters. |
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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
A sluggard when reproached is not ashamed: so also he who borrows corn in harvest. |
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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 a man's heart is deep water; but a prudent man 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
A man is valuable, and a merciful man precious: but [it is] hard to find a faithful man. |
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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
He that walks blameless in justice, shall leave his children blessed. |
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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
Whenever a righteous king sits on the throne, no evil thing can stand before his presence. |
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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 will boast that he has a pure heart? or who will boldly say that he is pure from sins. |
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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
A large and small weight, and divers measures, are even both of them unclean before the Lord; and [so is] he that makes them. |
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20:10
Divers weights,°
[and] divers measures,°
both°
of them [are] alike°
abomination°
to Yahweh.° |
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20:11
A youth [when in company] with a godly man, will be restrained in his devices, and [then] his way will be straight. |
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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 ear hears, and the eye sees: even both of them are the Lord's work. |
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20:12
The hearing°°
ear,°
and the seeing°°
eye,°
Yahweh°
hath made°°
even°
both°
of them. |
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20:13
Love not to speak ill, lest thou be cut off: open thine eyes, and be filled 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
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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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
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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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
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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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
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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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
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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20:18
[Every] purpose°
is established°°
by counsel:°
and with good advice°
make°°
war.° |
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20:19
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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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
The lamp of him that reviles father or mother shall be put out, and his eyeballs shall see 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
A portion hastily gotten at first shall not be blessed in the end. |
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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, I will avenge myself on my enemy; but wait on the Lord, that he may help thee. |
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20:22
Say°°
not°
thou, I will recompense°°
evil;°
[but] wait°
on°°
Yahweh,°
and he shall save°°
thee. |
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20:23
A double weight is an abomination to the Lord; and a deceitful balance is not good in his sight. |
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20:23
Divers weights°
[are] an abomination°
unto Yahweh;°
and a false°
balance°
[is] not°
good.° |
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20:24
A man's goings are directed of the Lord: how then can a mortal understand his ways? |
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20:24
Man's°
goings°
[are] of Yahweh;°°
how°
can a man°
then understand°°
his own way?° |
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20:25
It is a snare to a man hastily to consecrate some of his own property: for [in that case] repentance comes after vowing. |
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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 utterly crushes the ungodly, and will bring a wheel upon 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 a light of the Lord, who searches the inmost parts of the belly. |
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20:27
The spirit°
of man°
[is] the candle°
of Yahweh,°
searching°°
all°
the inward parts°
of the belly.° |
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20:28
Mercy and truth are a guard to a king, and will surround his throne with righteousness. |
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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
Wisdom is an ornament to young men; and grey [hairs] are the glory of old men. |
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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
Bruises and contusions befall bad men; and plagues [shall come] in the inward parts of [their] belly. |
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20:30
The blueness°
of a wound°
cleanseth°
away°
evil:°
so [do] stripes°
the inward parts°
of the belly.° |
