20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise. 20:2 The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life. 20:3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling. 20:4 The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing. 20:5 The purpose in a man's heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out. 20:6 Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find 20:7 The righteous who walks in his integrity-- blessed are his children after him! 20:8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes. 20:9 Who can say, "I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin" 20:10 Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD. 20:11 Even a child makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright. 20:12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the LORD has made them both. 20:13 Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread. 20:14 "Bad, bad," says the buyer, but when he goes away, then he boasts. 20:15 There is gold and abundance of costly stones, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. 20:16 Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners. 20:17 Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel. 20:18 Plans are established by counsel; by wise guidance wage war. 20:19 Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler. 20:20 If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness. 20:21 An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end. 20:22 Do not say, "I will repay evil"; wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you. 20:23 Unequal weights are an abomination to the LORD, and false scales are not good. 20:24 A man's steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way 20:25 It is a snare to say rashly, "It is holy," and to reflect only after making vows. 20:26 A wise king winnows the wicked and drives the wheel over them. 20:27 The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts. 20:28 Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his throne is upheld. 20:29 The glory of young men is their strength, but the splendor of old men is their gray hair. 20:30 Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean the innermost parts.