Douay Bible - Proverbs Chapter 20

Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith shell not be wise.

Proverbs 20:2
As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul.

Proverbs 20:3
It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but all fools are meddling with reproaches.

Proverbs 20:4
Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.

Proverbs 20:5
Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out.

Proverbs 20:6
Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man?

Proverbs 20:7
The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him blessed children.

Proverbs 20:8
The king, that sitteth on the throne of judgment, scattereth away all evil with his look.

Proverbs 20:9
Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin?

Proverbs 20:10
Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God.

Proverbs 20:11
By his inclinations a child is known, if his works be clean and right.

Proverbs 20:12
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made them both.

Proverbs 20:13
Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.

Proverbs 20:14
It is nought, it is nought, saith every buyer: and when he is gone away, then he will boast.

Proverbs 20:15
There is gold, and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.

Proverbs 20:16
Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers.

Proverbs 20:17
The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Proverbs 20:18
Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments.

Proverbs 20:19
Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.

Proverbs 20:20
He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness.

Proverbs 20:21
The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing.

Proverbs 20:22
Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord and he will deliver thee.

Proverbs 20:23
Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.

Proverbs 20:24
The steps of man are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?

Proverbs 20:25
It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract.

Proverbs 20:26
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth over them the wheel.

Proverbs 20:27
The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, which searcheth all the hidden things of the bowels.

Proverbs 20:28
Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency.

Proverbs 20:29
The joy of young men is their strength: and the dignity of old men, their grey hairs.

Proverbs 20:30
The blueness of a wound shall wipe away evils: and stripes in the more in- ward parts of the belly.

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