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Proverbs 20:1-9
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1
Wine is a mocker, beer is a brawler, and whoever staggers because of them is not wise.
2
A king's terrible wrath is like the roaring of a lion; anyone who provokes him endangers himself.
[a]
3
It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool can get himself into a quarrel.
[b]
4
The slacker does not plow during planting season;
[c]
at harvest time he looks,
[d]
and there is nothing.
[e]
5
Counsel in a man's heart is deep water;
[f]
but a man of understanding draws it up.
6
Many a man proclaims his own loyalty, but who can find a trustworthy man?
[g]
7
The one who lives with integrity is righteous;
[h]
his children
[i]
who come after him will be happy.
8
A king sitting on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.
[j]
9
Who can say, "I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin"?
[k]
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[a].
Pr 19:12; 28:15
[b].
Pr 15:18; 18:6; 22:10
[c].
Lit plow in winter
[d].
Lit inquires
[e].
Pr 24:30-34
[f].
Pr 18:4
[g].
Pr 28:20; Ps 53:2-3
[h].
Pr 2:7,20-21; 10:9; 13:6
[i].
Lit sons
[j].
Pr 20:26
[k].
Jb 15:15-16; Ps 14:2-3; Rm 3:9-12
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