| Chapter 20 |
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Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith shell not be wise. --
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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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It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but all fools are meddling with reproaches. --
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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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Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out. --
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Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man? --
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The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him blessed children. --
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The king, that sitteth on the throne of judgment, scattereth away all evil with his look. --
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Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin? --
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Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God. --
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By his inclinations a child is known, if his works be clean and right. --
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The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made them both. --
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Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread. --
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It is nought, it is nought, saith every buyer: and when he is gone away, then he will boast. --
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There is gold, and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel. --
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Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers. --
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The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. --
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Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments. --
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Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips. --
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20 |
He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness. --
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The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing. --
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Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord and he will deliver thee. --
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Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good. --
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The steps of man are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way? --
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It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract. --
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A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth over them the wheel. --
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The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, which searcheth all the hidden things of the bowels. --
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Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency. --
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29 |
The joy of young men is their strength: and the dignity of old men, their grey hairs. --
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30 |
The blueness of a wound shall wipe away evils: and stripes in the more in- ward parts of the belly. --
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