Proverbs 20

Wine ais a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. 2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. 3 bIt is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. 4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. 5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. 6 cMost men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but da faithful man who can find? 7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are eblessed after him. 8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

9 fWho can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? 10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. 11 Even a child is gknown by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. 12 hThe hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them. 13 iLove not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. 14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. 15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. 16 jTake his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. 17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. 18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. 19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

20 kWhoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. 21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; lbut the end thereof shall not be blessed. 22 mSay not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee. 23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good. 24 nMan's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way? 25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make inquiry. 26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. 27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. 28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy. 29 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head. 30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.

Proverbs 21

 
Cross Ref
1 a Gen 9:21
Isa 28:7
3 b Gen 13:7
6 c Mat 6:2
 d Psa 12:1
Ecc 7:28
Jer 5:1
Luk 18:8
7 e 2 Cor 1:12
Psa 37:26
9 f Job 14:4
Ecc 7:20
1 Joh 1:8
11 g Mat 7:16
12 h Rom 11:36
Exo 4:11
13 i Rom 12:11
16 j Job 24:9-10
Exo 22:26-27
20 k Exo 21:17
Lev 20:9
Mat 15:4
Rom 3:23
21 l Pro 28:8
Hab 2:6
22 m Deu 32:35
Rom 12:17
1 Pet 3:9
24 n Jer 10:23
Rom 8:26