Proverbs 20:1-16

¹Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: And whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

²The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: Whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

³It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: But every fool will be meddling.

⁴The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; Therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

⁵Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.

⁶Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: But a faithful man who can find?

⁷The just man walketh in his integrity: His children are blessed after him.

⁸A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

⁹Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

¹⁰Divers weights, and divers measures, Both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.

¹¹Even a child is known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

¹²The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, The Lord hath made even both of them.

¹³Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

¹⁴It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

¹⁵There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

¹⁶Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: And take a pledge of him for a strange woman.