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

(ESV)