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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.
20:3. It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but
all fools are meddling with reproaches.
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.
20:5. Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man
will draw it out.
20:6. Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man?
20:7. The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him
blessed children.
20:8. The king, that sitteth on the throne of judgment, scattereth away
all evil with his look.
20:9. Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin?
20:10. Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before
God.
20:11. By his inclinations a child is known, if his works be clean and
right.
20:12. The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made them
both.
20:13. Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be
filled with bread.
20:14. It is naught, it is naught, saith every buyer: and when he is
gone away, then he will boast.
20:15. There is gold and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of
knowledge are a precious vessel.
20:16. Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and
take a pledge from him for strangers.
20:17. The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth
shall be filled with gravel.
20:18. Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed
by governments.
20:19. Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh
deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.
20:20. He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out
in the midst of darkness.
20:21. The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall
be without a blessing.
20:22. Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord, and he will
deliver thee.
20:23. Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful
balance is not good.
20:24. The steps of men are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that
can understand his own way?
20:25. It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to
retract.
20:26. A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth over them the
wheel.
20:27. The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, which searcheth all
the hidden things of the bowels.
20:28. Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is strengthened
by clemency.
20:29. The joy of young men is their strength: and the dignity of old
men, their grey hairs.
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