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Proverbs 20 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler;
And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
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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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It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife;
But every fool will be quarrelling.
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The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter;
Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water;
But a man of understanding will draw it out.
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Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness;
But a faithful man who can find?
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A righteous man that walketh in his integrity,
Blessed are his children after him.
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A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment
Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
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Who can say, I have made my heart clean,
I am pure from my sin?
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Diverse weights, and diverse measures,
Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
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Even a child maketh himself known by his doings,
Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
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The hearing ear, and the seeing eye,
Jehovah hath made even both of them.
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Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty;
Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
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It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer;
But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
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There is gold, and abundance of rubies;
But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
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Take his garment that is surety for a stranger;
And hold him in pledge that is surety for foreigners.
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Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man;
But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
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Every purpose is established by counsel;
And by wise guidance make thou war.
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He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets;
Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.
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Whoso curseth his father or his mother,
His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
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An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning;
But the end thereof shall not be blessed.
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Say not thou, I will recompense evil:
Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.
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Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah;
And a false balance is not good.
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A man’s goings are of Jehovah;
How then can man understand his way?
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It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy,
And after vows to make inquiry.
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A wise king winnoweth the wicked,
And bringeth the threshing-wheel over them.
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The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah,
Searching all his innermost parts.
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Kindness and truth preserve the king;
And his throne is upholden by kindness.
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The glory of young men is their strength;
And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.
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Stripes that wound cleanse away evil;
And strokes reach the innermost parts.
ASV

Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Pericope taken from the NASB95 and has been graciously provided by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved.

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Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995
by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif.
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