Proverbs 20:1-30 MEV

[1] Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whoever is deceived by it is not wise. [2] The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own soul. [3] It is an honor for a man to cease from strife, but every fool will be meddling. [4] The sluggard will not plow because of the cold; therefore he will beg during 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 everyone his own goodness, but who can find a faithful man? [7] The just man walks in his integrity; his children are blessed after him. [8] A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes. [9] Who can say, "I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin"? [10] Diverse weights and diverse measures, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD. [11] Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work is pure and whether it is right. [12] The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the LORD has made both of them. [13] Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread. [14] "It is bad, it is bad," says the buyer; but when he has gone his way, then he boasts. [15] There is gold and a multitude of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. [16] Take the garment of him who is a pledge for a stranger, and hold it as a security when it is for a wayward woman. [17] Bread of deceit is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth will be filled with gravel. [18] Every purpose is established by counsel, and with good advice wage war. [19] He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; therefore do not meddle with him who flatters with his lips. [20] Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in obscure darkness. [21] An inheritance may be gained hastily at the beginning, but the end of it will not be blessed. [22] Do not say, "I will recompense evil"; but wait on the LORD, and He will save you. [23] Diverse weights are an abomination to the LORD, and a false balance is not good. [24] Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way? [25] It is a snare to the man who dedicates rashly that which is holy, and after the vows to make inquiry. [26] A wise king sifts out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them. [27] The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the heart. [28] Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by mercy. [29] The glory of young men is their strength, and the beauty of old men is the gray head. [30] The blows of a wound cleanse away evil, so do stripes the inward parts of the heart.