Proverbs 20:1-7

1 Wine makes a mocker, and beer a reveler, and whoever errs concerning them shall never be wise.

2 The fear of the king is as the roaring of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own soul.

3 It 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 he shall beg in harvest and have nothing.

5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of intelligence will draw it out.

6 Most men will proclaim each one his own mercy, but who can find a man of truth?

7 The just man who walks in his integrity, blessed shall be his sons after him.