1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is deceived thereby is not wise. AKJV — Proverbs 20:1
2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own soul. AKJV — Proverbs 20:2
3 It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. AKJV — Proverbs 20:3
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. AKJV — Proverbs 20:4
5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. AKJV — Proverbs 20:5
6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? AKJV — Proverbs 20:6
7 The just man walks in his integrity: his children are blessed after him. AKJV — Proverbs 20:7
8 A king that sits in the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes. AKJV — Proverbs 20:8
9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? AKJV — Proverbs 20:9
10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. AKJV — Proverbs 20:10
11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. AKJV — Proverbs 20:11
12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made even both of them. AKJV — Proverbs 20:12
13 Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread. AKJV — Proverbs 20:13
14 It is naught, it is naught, said the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasts. AKJV — Proverbs 20:14
15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. AKJV — Proverbs 20:15
16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. AKJV — Proverbs 20:16
17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. AKJV — Proverbs 20:17
18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. AKJV — Proverbs 20:18
19 He that goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flatters with his lips. AKJV — Proverbs 20:19
20 Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. AKJV — Proverbs 20:20
21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. AKJV — Proverbs 20:21
22 Say not you, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save you. AKJV — Proverbs 20:22
23 Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good. AKJV — Proverbs 20:23
24 Man’ goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way? AKJV — Proverbs 20:24
25 It is a snare to the man who devours that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry. AKJV — Proverbs 20:25
26 A wise king scatters the wicked, and brings the wheel over them. AKJV — Proverbs 20:26
27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. AKJV — Proverbs 20:27
28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upheld by mercy. AKJV — Proverbs 20:28
29 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head. AKJV — Proverbs 20:29
30 The blueness of a wound cleans away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. AKJV — Proverbs 20:30