1750 Challoner Revision of the Douay-Rheims (DR)
Proverbs 20
1 From this chapter to the five and twentieth are sundry observations of moral virtues, and their contrary vices.
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20:1 ¶
Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith, shall not be wise.
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20:2
As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul.
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20:3
It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but all fools are meddling with reproaches.
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20:4
Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.
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20:5
Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out.
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20:6
Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man?
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20:7
The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him blessed children.
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20:8
The king, that sitteth on the throne of judgment, scattereth away all evil with his look.
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20:9
Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin?
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20:10
Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God.
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20:11
By his inclinations a child is known, if his works be clean and right.
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20:12
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made them both.
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20:13
Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.
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20:14
It is naught, it is naught, saith every buyer: and when he is gone away, then he will boast.
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20:15
There is gold and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.
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20:16
Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers.
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20:17
The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
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20:18
Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments.
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20:19
Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.
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20:20
He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness.
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20:21
The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing.
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20:22
Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord, and he will deliver thee.
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20:23
Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.
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20:24
The steps of men are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?
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20:25
It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract.
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20:26
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth over them the wheel.
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20:27
The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, which searcheth all the hidden things of the bowels.
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20:28
Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency.
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20:29
The joy of young men is their strength: and the dignity of old men, their grey hairs.
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20:30
The blueness of a wound shall wipe away evils: and stripes in the more inward parts of the belly.