King James Bible

Proverbs 19

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Chapter 20

1


 

  Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.  

 

 


2


 

  The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoso] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.  

 

 


3


 

  [It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.  

 

 


4


 

  The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.  

 

 


5


 

  Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.  

 

 


6


 

  Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?  

 

 


7


 

  The just [man] walketh in his integrity: his children [are] blessed after him.  

 

 


8


 

  A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.  

 

 


9


 

  Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?  

 

 


10


 

  Divers weights, [and] divers measures, both of them [are] alike abomination to the LORD.  

 

 


11


 

  Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work [be] pure, and whether [it be] right.  

 

 


12


 

  The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.  

 

 


13


 

  Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.  

 

 


14


 

  [It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.  

 

 


15


 

  There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel.  

 

 


16


 

  Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.  

 

 


17


 

  Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.  

 

 


18


 

  [Every] purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.  

 

 


19


 

  He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.  

 

 


20


 

  Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.  

 

 


21


 

  An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.  

 

 


22


 

  Say not thou, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.  

 

 


23


 

  Divers weights [are] an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance [is] not good.  

 

 


24


 

  Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?  

 

 


25


 

  [It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make enquiry.  

 

 


26


 

  A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.  

 

 


27


 

  The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.  

 

 


28


 

  Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.  

 

 


29


 

  The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty of old men [is] the gray head.  

 

 


30


 

  The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so [do] stripes the inward parts of the belly.  

 

 


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