Proverbs 20:2-12

2 A king’s wrath strikes terror like the roar of a lion; those who anger him forfeit their lives.
3 It is to one’s honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.
4 Sluggards do not plow in season; so at harvest time they look but find nothing.
5 The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters, but one who has insight draws them out.
6 Many claim to have unfailing love, but a faithful person who can find?
7 The righteous lead blameless lives; blessed are their children after them.
8 When a king sits on his throne to judge, he winnows out all evil with his eyes.
9 Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am clean and without sin”?
10 Differing weights and differing measures— the LORD detests them both.
11 Even small children are known by their actions, so is their conduct really pure and upright?
12 Ears that hear and eyes that see— the LORD has made them both.

Cross References 17

  • 1. S Proverbs 19:12
  • 2. S Esther 7:7; S Proverbs 16:14; Proverbs 8:36
  • 3. S 1 Samuel 25:25
  • 4. S Genesis 13:8; Proverbs 17:14
  • 5. S Proverbs 6:6
  • 6. Ecclesiastes 10:18
  • 7. S Psalms 18:16
  • 8. Psalms 12:1
  • 9. S Psalms 26:1
  • 10. Psalms 37:25-26; Psalms 112:2
  • 11. S 1 Kings 7:7
  • 12. ver 26; Proverbs 25:4-5
  • 13. S Job 15:14
  • 14. 1 Kings 8:46; Ecclesiastes 7:20; 1 John 1:8
  • 15. ver 23; S Proverbs 11:1
  • 16. S Psalms 39:1; Matthew 7:16
  • 17. S Psalms 94:9
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