Proverbs 20

¹Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.†⇄ (13 connections)

²The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

³It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.

⁴The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.†⇄ (8 connections)

⁵Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.† (1 connection)

⁶Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?†⇄ (15 connections)

⁷A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.† (2 connections)

⁸A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.† (1 connection)

⁹Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin”?†⇄ (22 connections)

¹⁰Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.†⇄ (24 connections)

¹¹Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.†⇄ (10 connections)

¹²The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made even both of them.

¹³Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.†⇄ (15 connections)

¹⁴“It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.

¹⁵There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

¹⁶Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.

¹⁷Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.†⇄ (13 connections)

¹⁸Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!

¹⁹He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

²⁰Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.⇄ (1 connection)

²¹An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning won’t be blessed in the end.† (1 connection)

²²Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for the LORD, and he will save you.† (1 connection)

²³The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.†⇄ (11 connections)

²⁴A man’s steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way?† (1 connection)

²⁵It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.

²⁶A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.† (1 connection)

²⁷The spirit of man is the LORD’s lamp, searching all his innermost parts.†⇄ (7 connections)

²⁸Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.† (1 connection)

²⁹The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.

³⁰Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.† (1 connection)