Proverbs 20
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1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Proverbs 20:1
2The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
Proverbs 20:2
3It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Proverbs 20:3
4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 20:4
5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Proverbs 20:5
6Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
Proverbs 20:6
7The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
Proverbs 20:7
8A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
Proverbs 20:8
9Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Proverbs 20:9
10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
Proverbs 20:10
11Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
Proverbs 20:11
12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
Proverbs 20:12
13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Proverbs 20:13
14It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
Proverbs 20:14
15There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
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16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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17Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
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18Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
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19He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
Proverbs 20:19
20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Proverbs 20:20
21An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Proverbs 20:21
22Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
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23Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
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24Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
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25It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
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26A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
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27The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
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28Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
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29The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
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30The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
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Cross References
Proverbs 20:1
Hosea 4:11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.Ephesians 5:18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;Isaiah 28:7¶ But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the...Proverbs 31:4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for prince...1 Corinthians 6:10Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall...
Proverbs 20:2
Proverbs 19:12The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the...Ecclesiastes 10:4If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yieldi...Proverbs 8:36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love...1 Kings 2:23Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if...Proverbs 16:14The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
Proverbs 20:3
Proverbs 16:32He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spiri...Proverbs 17:14The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off co...Ephesians 4:32And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God...Proverbs 14:29He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spir...Proverbs 19:11The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a...
Proverbs 20:4
Proverbs 10:4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent ma...Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.2 Peter 1:5And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue k...Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligen...Proverbs 24:34So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
Proverbs 20:5
Proverbs 20:6
Psalms 12:1Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the chil...Matthew 6:2Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the...Luke 18:8I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man c...Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am no...Proverbs 27:2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine...
Proverbs 20:7
Psalms 112:2His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be bles...Psalms 37:26He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.Jeremiah 32:39And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for...2 Corinthians 1:12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity a...3 John 1:3For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that i...
Proverbs 20:8
Proverbs 20:26A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.Proverbs 25:5Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established i...Psalms 99:4The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou execu...Proverbs 29:14The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for e...2 Samuel 23:4And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning...
Proverbs 20:9
Ecclesiastes 7:20For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.1 Kings 8:46If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be an...1 John 1:8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.Job 14:4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.1 Corinthians 4:4For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth...
Proverbs 20:10
Proverbs 20:23Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good...Proverbs 11:1A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.Deuteronomy 25:13¶ Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.Leviticus 19:35¶ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in meas...Proverbs 16:11A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his wor...
Proverbs 20:11
Matthew 7:16Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of t...Luke 6:43For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree br...Proverbs 21:8The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.Psalms 58:3The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born,...Luke 2:46And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting...
Proverbs 20:12
Psalms 94:9He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not...Matthew 13:13Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing...Psalms 119:18Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.Exodus 4:11And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, o...Ephesians 1:17That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you th...
Cross References
Proverbs 20:1
Hosea 4:11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.Ephesians 5:18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;Isaiah 28:7¶ But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the...Proverbs 31:4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for prince...1 Corinthians 6:10Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall...
Proverbs 20:2
Proverbs 19:12The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the...Ecclesiastes 10:4If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yieldi...Proverbs 8:36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love...1 Kings 2:23Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if...Proverbs 16:14The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
Proverbs 20:3
Proverbs 16:32He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spiri...Proverbs 17:14The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off co...Ephesians 4:32And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God...Proverbs 14:29He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spir...Proverbs 19:11The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a...
Proverbs 20:4
Proverbs 10:4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent ma...Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.2 Peter 1:5And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue k...Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligen...Proverbs 24:34So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
Proverbs 20:5
Proverbs 20:6
Psalms 12:1Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the chil...Matthew 6:2Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the...Luke 18:8I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man c...Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am no...Proverbs 27:2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine...
Proverbs 20:7
Psalms 112:2His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be bles...Psalms 37:26He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.Jeremiah 32:39And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for...2 Corinthians 1:12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity a...3 John 1:3For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that i...
Proverbs 20:8
Proverbs 20:26A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.Proverbs 25:5Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established i...Psalms 99:4The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou execu...Proverbs 29:14The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for e...2 Samuel 23:4And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning...
Proverbs 20:9
Ecclesiastes 7:20For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.1 Kings 8:46If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be an...1 John 1:8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.Job 14:4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.1 Corinthians 4:4For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth...
Proverbs 20:10
Proverbs 20:23Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good...Proverbs 11:1A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.Deuteronomy 25:13¶ Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.Leviticus 19:35¶ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in meas...Proverbs 16:11A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his wor...
Proverbs 20:11
Matthew 7:16Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of t...Luke 6:43For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree br...Proverbs 21:8The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.Psalms 58:3The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born,...Luke 2:46And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting...
Proverbs 20:12
Psalms 94:9He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not...Matthew 13:13Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing...Psalms 119:18Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.Exodus 4:11And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, o...Ephesians 1:17That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you th...