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CHAPTER 20
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 L
ORD
.
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 L
ORD
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 L
ORD
,
and he shall save thee.
23
Divers weights
are
an abomination unto the L
ORD
; and a false balance
is
not good.
24
Man’s goings
are
of the L
ORD
; 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 L
ORD
, 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 grey head.
30
The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so
do
stripes the inward
parts of the belly.
CHAPTER 21
The king’s heart
is
in the hand of the L
ORD
,
as
the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he
will.
2
Every way of a man
is
right in his own eyes: but the L
ORD
pondereth the hearts.
3
To do
justice and judgment
is
more acceptable to the L
ORD
than sacrifice.
4
An high look, and a proud
heart,
and
the plowing of the wicked,
is
sin.
5
The thoughts of the diligent
tend
only to plenteousness;
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