Proverbs 20:1-9

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

2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth 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 shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

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

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

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

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

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

Footnotes

• [a]. cold: or, winter
• [b]. goodness: or, bounty