Proverbs 20 · Clearspring

Wine Is a Mocker

¹Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.+ ²The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.+ ³It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.+ ⁴The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.+ ⁵Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.+ ⁶Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?+ ⁷A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.+ ⁸A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.+ ⁹Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?”+ ¹⁰Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.+ ¹¹Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.+ ¹²The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them.+ ¹³Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.+ ¹⁴“It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.+ ¹⁵There is gold and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.+ ¹⁶Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.+ ¹⁷Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.+ ¹⁸Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!+ ¹⁹He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.+ ²⁰Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.+ ²¹An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won’t be blessed in the end.+ ²²Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.+ ²³Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.+ ²⁴A man’s steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?+ ²⁵It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.+ ²⁶A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.+ ²⁷The spirit of man is Yahweh’s lamp, searching all his innermost parts.+ ²⁸Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.+ ²⁹The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.+ ³⁰Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.+

Wine Is a Mocker

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