LSB

LSB

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
The Blue Letter Bible

Proverbs 20 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

toggle collapse
Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles

Hope in Yahweh and He Will Save You

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:1 -

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler,

And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:2 -

The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion;

He who provokes him to anger sins against his own soul.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:3 -

It is a glory for a man to cease quarreling,

But any ignorant fool will break out in dispute.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:4 -

The sluggard does not plow from winter on,

So he [fn]begs during the harvest and has nothing.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:5 -

Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water,

But a man of discernment draws it out.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:6 -

Many a man will call out his own lovingkindness,

But a faithful man, who can find?

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:7 -

A righteous man who walks in his integrity

How blessed are his sons after him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:8 -

A king who sits on the throne of justice

[fn]Disperses all evil with his eyes.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:9 -

Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure,

I am clean from my sin”?

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:10 -

[fn]Differing weights and differing measures,

Both of them are an abomination to Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:11 -

It is by his deeds that a young man makes himself known

If his conduct is pure and right.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:12 -

The hearing ear and the seeing eye,

Yahweh has made both of them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:13 -

Do not love sleep, lest you become poor;

Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with [fn]food.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:14 -

“Bad, bad,” says the buyer,

But when he goes his way, then he boasts.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:15 -

There is gold, and an abundance of pearls;

But the lips of knowledge are a more precious vessel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:16 -

Take his garment when he becomes a guarantor for a stranger;

And for foreigners, hold him in pledge.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:17 -

Bread obtained by lying is sweet to a man,

But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:18 -

[fn]Thoughts are established by counsel,

So make war by guidance.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:19 -

He who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets,

Therefore do not associate with [fn]one of loose lips.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:20 -

He who curses his father or his mother,

His lamp will go out in the [fn]midst of darkness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:21 -

An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginning

In the end will not be blessed.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:22 -

Do not say, “I will repay evil”;

Hope in Yahweh, and He will save you.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:23 -

[fn]Differing weights are an abomination to Yahweh,

And a deceitful balance is not good.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:24 -

The steps of a man are from Yahweh,

How then can man understand his way?

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25 -

It is a trap for a man to say rashly, “It is holy!”

And after the vows to make inquiry.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:26 -

A wise king winnows the wicked,

And turns the threshing wheel over them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:27 -

The [fn]breath of man is the lamp of Yahweh,

Searching all the [fn]innermost parts of his body.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:28 -

Lovingkindness and truth will guard the king,

And he upholds his throne by lovingkindness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:29 -

The honor of young men is their strength,

And the [fn]majesty of old men is their gray hair.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:30 -

Stripes that wound scour away evil,

And strokes reach the [fn]innermost parts of the body.

LSB Footnotes
Lit asks
Or Sifts
Lit A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah
Lit bread
Or Plans
Lit one who opens his lips
Lit pupil (of the eye)
Lit A stone and a stone
Or what a man breathes out
Lit chambers of the stomach
Or splendor
Lit chambers of the stomach
LSB

Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation

All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc.

LSBible.org

For more information on this translation, see the LSB Preface.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
LSB
 [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
LSB

Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan