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Proverbs 20

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  1. 1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.37 cross-references: Hosea 4:11, Ephesians 5:18, Isaiah 28:7, Proverbs 31:4, 1 Corinthians 6:10
  2. 2The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.25 cross-references: Proverbs 19:12, Ecclesiastes 10:4, Proverbs 8:36, 1 Kings 2:23, Proverbs 16:14–15
  3. 3It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.22 cross-references: Proverbs 16:32, Proverbs 17:14, Ephesians 4:32 – Ephesians 5:1, Proverbs 14:29, Proverbs 19:11
  4. 4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.21 cross-references: Proverbs 10:4, Proverbs 19:15, 2 Peter 1:5–11, Proverbs 13:4, Proverbs 24:34
  5. 5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.9 cross-references: Proverbs 18:4, 1 Corinthians 2:11, Psalms 64:6
  6. 6Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?22 cross-references: Psalms 12:1, Matthew 6:2, Luke 18:8, Luke 18:11, Proverbs 27:2
  7. 7The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.30 cross-references: Psalms 112:2, Psalms 37:26, Jeremiah 32:39, 2 Corinthians 1:12, 3 John 1:3–4
  8. 8A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.25 cross-references: Proverbs 20:26, Proverbs 25:5, Psalms 99:4, Proverbs 29:14, 2 Samuel 23:4
  9. 9Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?21 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 7:20, 1 Kings 8:46, 1 John 1:8–10, Job 14:4, 1 Corinthians 4:4
  10. 10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.20 cross-references: Proverbs 20:23, Proverbs 11:1, Deuteronomy 25:13–15, Leviticus 19:35, Proverbs 16:11
  11. 11Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.13 cross-references: Matthew 7:16, Luke 6:43–44, Proverbs 21:8, Psalms 58:3, Luke 2:46–47
  12. 12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them.16 cross-references: Psalms 94:9, Matthew 13:13–16, Psalms 119:18, Exodus 4:11, Ephesians 1:17–18
  13. 13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.15 cross-references: Proverbs 19:15, Romans 12:11, Proverbs 12:11, Proverbs 10:4, Proverbs 6:9–11
  14. 14It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.5 cross-references: 1 Thessalonians 4:6, Hosea 12:7–8, Ecclesiastes 1:10
  15. 15There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.23 cross-references: Proverbs 25:12, Proverbs 8:11, Proverbs 16:24, Proverbs 15:7, Proverbs 16:16
  16. 16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.18 cross-references: Proverbs 27:13, Exodus 22:26–27, Proverbs 22:26–27, Proverbs 11:15, Proverbs 7:10
  17. 17Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.11 cross-references: Proverbs 9:17–18, Ecclesiastes 11:9, Hebrews 11:25, Lamentations 3:15–16, Job 20:12–20
  18. 18Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.32 cross-references: Proverbs 24:6, Proverbs 15:22, Luke 14:31, Proverbs 11:14, Judges 1:1–2
  19. 19He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.23 cross-references: Proverbs 11:13, Proverbs 18:8, Proverbs 13:3, Romans 16:18, Leviticus 19:16
  20. 20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.37 cross-references: Exodus 21:17, Proverbs 30:11, Proverbs 24:20, Jude 1:13, Exodus 20:12
  21. 21An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.18 cross-references: Proverbs 13:22, 1 Timothy 6:9, Habakkuk 2:6, Proverbs 23:4, Proverbs 28:20
  22. 22Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.27 cross-references: Romans 12:17–19, 1 Thessalonians 5:15, Proverbs 24:29, Proverbs 17:13, 1 Peter 3:9
  23. 23Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.13 cross-references: Proverbs 20:10, Proverbs 11:1, Ezekiel 45:10, Hosea 12:7, Amos 8:5
  24. 24Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?14 cross-references: Jeremiah 10:23, Proverbs 16:9, Psalms 25:12, Psalms 37:23, Psalms 25:4
  25. 25It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.19 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 5:4–6, Matthew 5:33, Numbers 30:2–16, Leviticus 5:15, Malachi 3:8–10
  26. 26A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.13 cross-references: Proverbs 20:8, Psalms 101:5–8, 2 Samuel 4:9–12, 2 Samuel 12:31, Isaiah 28:27–28
  27. 27The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly.12 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 2:11, Hebrews 4:12–13, Job 32:8, 1 John 3:19–21, Genesis 2:7
  28. 28Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.17 cross-references: Proverbs 16:12, Proverbs 29:14, Proverbs 16:6, Psalms 26:1, Psalms 101:1
  29. 29The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.10 cross-references: 1 John 2:14, Proverbs 16:31, Leviticus 19:32, Jeremiah 9:23–24
  30. 30The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.7 cross-references: Hebrews 12:10, Proverbs 22:15, Proverbs 19:25, Isaiah 27:9, Isaiah 53:5

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