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Proverbs 20
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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."
Is it OK to drink alcohol?
 (20:2) "The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to
anger sinneth against his own soul."
It's a sin to make a king angry.
 (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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| 20:2
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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It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be
meddling.
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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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Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who
can find? |
 (20:7) "The just man walketh in his integrity."
Has the ever been a just person?
(20:8) "A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil
with his eyes."
(20:9) "Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?"
Do Christians sin?
(20:11-23)
(20:11) "Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether
it be right."
(20:13) "Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty."
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The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
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A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil
with his eyes.
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Who can say, I have
made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
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Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
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Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether
it be right.
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The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
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Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt
be satisfied with bread.
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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. |
(20:15) "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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| 20:17
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be
filled with gravel. |
(20:17) "Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be
filled with gravel."
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Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. |
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He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle
not with him that flattereth with his lips. |
(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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Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in
obscure darkness. |
(20:20) "Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in
obscure darkness."
What the hell does that mean? Is this just a restatement of Exodus 21:17?
("He that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.")
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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 the LORD, and he shall
save thee. |
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| 20:23
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is
not good. |
(20:23) "A false balance is not good."
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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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 (20:24) "How can a man ... understand his own way?"
Humans can't figure things out on their own.
(20:26) "A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them."
A wise king will crush those that he considers "wicked."
(20:27) "The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the
inward parts of the belly."
(20:29) "The beauty of old men is the grey head."
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It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows
to make enquiry.
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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 the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
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Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
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The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the
grey head.
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The blueness of a
wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. |
(20:30) "The blueness of a
wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly."
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