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Wine 3196 [is] a mocker 3887 , strong drink 7941 [is] raging 1993 : and whosoever is deceived 7686 thereby is not wise 2449 .
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Pro 20:2 |
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The fear 367 of a king 4428 [is] as the roaring 5099 of a lion 3715: [whoso] provoketh him to anger 5674 sinneth 2398 [against] his own soul 5315.
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Pro 20:3 |
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[It is] an honour 3519 for a man 376 to cease 7674 from strife 7379: but every fool 191 will be meddling 1566 .
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Pro 20:4 |
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The sluggard 6102 will not plow 2790 by reason of the cold 2779; [therefore] shall he beg 7592 7592 in harvest 7105, and [have] nothing.
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Pro 20:5 |
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Counsel 6098 in the heart 3820 of man 376 [is like] deep 6013 water 4325; but a man 376 of understanding 8394 will draw it out 1802 .
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Pro 20:6 |
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Most 7230 men 120 will proclaim 7121 every one 376 his own goodness 2617: but a faithful 529 man 376 who can find 4672 ?
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Pro 20:7 |
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The just 6662 [man] walketh 1980 in his integrity 8537: his children 1121 [are] blessed 835 after 310 him.
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Pro 20:8 |
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A king 4428 that sitteth in 3427 the throne 3678 of judgment 1779 scattereth away 2219 all evil 7451 with his eyes 5869.
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Pro 20:9 |
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Who can say 559 , I have made my heart 3820 clean 2135 , I am pure 2891 from my sin 2403?
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Pro 20:10 |
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Divers weights 68 68, [and] divers measures 374 374, both 8147 of them [are] alike 1571 abomination 8441 to the LORD 3068.
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Pro 20:11 |
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Even a child 5288 is known 5234 by his doings 4611, whether his work 6467 [be] pure 2134, and whether [it be] right 3477.
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Pro 20:12 |
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The hearing 8085 ear 241, and the seeing 7200 eye 5869, the LORD 3068 hath made 6213 even both 8147 of them.
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Pro 20:13 |
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Love 157 not sleep 8142, lest thou come to poverty 3423 ; open 6491 thine eyes 5869, [and] thou shalt be satisfied 7646 with bread 3899.
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Pro 20:14 |
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[It is] naught 7451, [it is] naught 7451, saith 559 the buyer 7069 : but when he is gone 235 his way, then he boasteth 1984 .
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Pro 20:15 |
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There is 3426 gold 2091, and a multitude 7230 of rubies 6443: but the lips 8193 of knowledge 1847 [are] a precious 3366 jewel 3627.
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Pro 20:16 |
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Take 3947 his garment 899 that is surety 6148 [for] a stranger 2114 : and take a pledge 2254 of him for a strange woman 5237.
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Pro 20:17 |
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Bread 3899 of deceit 8267 [is] sweet 6156 to a man 376; but afterwards 310 his mouth 6310 shall be filled 4390 with gravel 2687.
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Pro 20:18 |
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[Every] purpose 4284 is established 3559 by counsel 6098: and with good advice 8458 make 6213 war 4421.
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Pro 20:19 |
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He that goeth about 1980 [as] a talebearer 7400 revealeth 1540 secrets 5475: therefore meddle 6148 not with him that flattereth 6601 with his lips 8193.
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Pro 20:20 |
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Whoso curseth 7043 his father 1 or his mother 517, his lamp 5216 shall be put out 1846 in obscure 380 380 darkness 2822.
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Pro 20:21 |
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An inheritance 5159 [may be] gotten hastily 926 973 at the beginning 7223; but the end 319 thereof shall not be blessed 1288 .
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Pro 20:22 |
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Say 559 not thou, I will recompense 7999 evil 7451; [but] wait on 6960 the LORD 3068, and he shall save 3467 thee.
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Pro 20:23 |
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Divers weights 68 68 [are] an abomination 8441 unto the LORD 3068; and a false 4820 balance 3976 [is] not good 2896.
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Pro 20:24 |
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Man's 1397 goings 4703 [are] of the LORD 3068; how can a man 120 then understand 995 his own way 1870?
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Pro 20:25 |
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[It is] a snare 4170 to the man 120 [who] devoureth 3216 [that which is] holy 6944, and after 310 vows 5088 to make enquiry 1239 .
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Pro 20:26 |
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A wise 2450 king 4428 scattereth 2219 the wicked 7563, and bringeth 7725 the wheel 212 over them.
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Pro 20:27 |
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The spirit 5397 of man 120 [is] the candle 5216 of the LORD 3068, searching 2664 all the inward parts 2315 of the belly 990.
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Pro 20:28 |
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Mercy 2617 and truth 571 preserve 5341 the king 4428: and his throne 3678 is upholden 5582 by mercy 2617.
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Pro 20:29 |
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The glory 8597 of young men 970 [is] their strength 3581: and the beauty 1926 of old men 2205 [is] the gray head 7872.
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Pro 20:30 |
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The blueness 2250 of a wound 6482 cleanseth 8562 away evil 7451: so [do] stripes 4347 the inward parts 2315 of the belly 990.
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