19:29. Judgments are prepared for scorners: and striking hammers for the bodies of fools. Proverbs Chapter 20 20:1. Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith, shall not be wise. 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. 20:30. The blueness of a wound shall wipe away evils: and stripes in the more inward parts of the belly. Proverbs Chapter 21