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