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Proverbs Chapter 20

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Proverbs

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In this chapter the king of Israel is warned against the folly of the wicked, who boast of their strength but lack true wisdom, and the passage contrasts the fleeting nature of power with the lasting value of prudence. The passage also reflects on the consequences of pride and the importance of humility, urging listeners to seek knowledge rather than rely on empty boasts.

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(1) Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
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Proverbs 23:29Proverbs 23:30Proverbs 23:31Proverbs 23:32Proverbs 23:33Proverbs 23:34Proverbs 23:35Proverbs 31:4Genesis 9:21Genesis 9:22Genesis 9:23Genesis 19:31

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Isaiah 28:7Numbers 6:3Mark 2:22Matthew 5:22Matthew 9:17Haggai 2:4

(2) The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
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Proverbs 16:14Proverbs 16:15Proverbs 19:12Ecclesiastes 10:4Hosea 11:10Amos 3:8Proverbs 8:36I Kings 2:23

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Job 4:10Isaiah 31:4

(3) It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
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Proverbs 14:29Proverbs 16:32Proverbs 17:14Proverbs 19:11Proverbs 25:8Proverbs 25:9Proverbs 25:10Ephesians 1:6Ephesians 1:7Ephesians 1:8Ephesians 4:32Ephesians 5:1

(4) The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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Proverbs 10:4Proverbs 19:15Proverbs 19:24Proverbs 26:13Proverbs 26:14Proverbs 26:15Proverbs 26:16Proverbs 6:10Proverbs 6:11Proverbs 24:34Matthew 25:3Matthew 25:4

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Luke 10:2

(5) Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
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Proverbs 18:4Psalms 64:6I Corinthians 2:11

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II Samuel 17:14

(6) Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
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Proverbs 25:14Proverbs 27:2Matthew 6:2Luke 18:8Luke 18:11Luke 18:28Luke 22:33II Corinthians 12:11Psalms 12:1Ecclesiastes 7:28Jeremiah 5:1Micah 7:2

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Ecclesiastes 8:17Daniel 6:4Romans 11:22

(7) The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
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Proverbs 14:2Proverbs 19:1Psalms 15:2Psalms 26:1Psalms 26:11Isaiah 33:15Luke 1:6II Corinthians 1:12Titus 2:11Titus 2:12III John 1:3III John 1:4

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Leviticus 19:36Ezekiel 45:10

(8) A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
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Proverbs 20:26Proverbs 16:12Proverbs 29:14I Samuel 23:3I Samuel 23:4II Samuel 23:4Psalms 72:4Psalms 92:9Psalms 99:4Psalms 101:6Psalms 101:7Psalms 101:8

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Isaiah 28:6Revelation 4:6Revelation 7:15

(9) Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
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I Kings 8:46II Chronicles 6:36Job 14:4Job 15:14Job 25:4Psalms 51:5Ecclesiastes 7:20I Corinthians 4:4James 3:2I John 1:8I John 1:9I John 1:10

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Titus 1:15

(10) Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
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Deuteronomy 25:13Proverbs 20:23Proverbs 11:1Proverbs 16:11Leviticus 19:35Deuteronomy 25:14Deuteronomy 25:15Amos 8:4Amos 8:5Amos 8:6Amos 8:7Micah 6:10

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Judges 5:30Proverbs 20:23Deuteronomy 25:14II Kings 23:13Deuteronomy 25:13

(11) Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
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Proverbs 21:8Proverbs 22:15Psalms 51:5Psalms 58:3Matthew 7:16Luke 1:15Luke 1:66Luke 2:46Luke 2:47Luke 6:43Luke 6:44

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Romans 14:8I Corinthians 13:8II Samuel 12:18II Samuel 12:22I Corinthians 13:11Leviticus 13:48

(12) The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
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Exodus 4:11Psalms 94:9Psalms 119:18Matthew 13:13Matthew 13:14Matthew 13:15Matthew 13:16Acts 26:18Ephesians 1:17Ephesians 1:18

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Ecclesiastes 1:8Luke 6:42Job 42:5Deuteronomy 19:21Luke 11:34I Corinthians 12:17

(13) Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
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Proverbs 6:9Proverbs 6:10Proverbs 6:11Proverbs 10:4Proverbs 12:11Proverbs 13:4Proverbs 19:15Proverbs 24:30Proverbs 24:31Proverbs 24:32Proverbs 24:33Proverbs 24:34

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Luke 6:32Song of Solomon 5:2Psalms 13:3Hosea 3:1I John 2:15I John 4:16

(14) It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
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Ecclesiastes 1:10Hosea 12:7Hosea 12:8I Thessalonians 4:6

(15) There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
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Proverbs 3:15Proverbs 8:11Proverbs 10:20Proverbs 10:21Proverbs 15:7Proverbs 15:23Proverbs 16:16Proverbs 16:21Proverbs 16:24Proverbs 25:12Job 28:12Job 28:13

(16) Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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Proverbs 11:15Proverbs 22:26Proverbs 22:27Proverbs 27:13Exodus 22:26Exodus 22:27Proverbs 2:16Proverbs 5:3Proverbs 7:5Proverbs 7:10Proverbs 23:27

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Proverbs 27:13Leviticus 13:47

(17) Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
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Proverbs 4:17Proverbs 9:17Proverbs 9:18Genesis 3:6Genesis 3:7Job 20:12Job 20:13Job 20:14Job 20:15Job 20:16Job 20:17Job 20:18

(18) Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
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Proverbs 15:22Proverbs 24:6Proverbs 25:8Judges 1:1Judges 1:2Judges 9:29Judges 20:7Judges 20:18Judges 20:23Judges 20:26Judges 20:27Judges 20:28

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II Samuel 17:14

(19) He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
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Proverbs 11:13Proverbs 18:8Proverbs 26:20Proverbs 26:21Proverbs 26:22Leviticus 19:16Proverbs 24:21Proverbs 16:29Romans 16:18

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Proverbs 11:13

(20) Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
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Proverbs 30:11Proverbs 30:17Exodus 20:12Exodus 21:17Leviticus 20:9Deuteronomy 27:16Matthew 15:4Mark 7:10Mark 7:11Mark 7:12Mark 7:13Proverbs 13:9

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Mark 7:10Luke 12:53Job 10:22Matthew 6:23I John 2:11Leviticus 20:9

(21) An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
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Proverbs 23:4Proverbs 28:20Proverbs 28:22I Timothy 6:9Proverbs 13:22Proverbs 28:8Job 27:16Job 27:17Habakkuk 2:6Zechariah 5:4Malachi 2:2

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Numbers 33:54Numbers 36:3Numbers 36:4Ruth 3:10Job 42:12Joshua 19:49

(22) Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
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Proverbs 17:13Proverbs 24:29Deuteronomy 32:35Romans 12:17Romans 12:18Romans 12:19I Thessalonians 5:15I Peter 3:9II Samuel 16:12Psalms 27:14Psalms 37:34Isaiah 40:31

(23) Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
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Proverbs 20:10Ezekiel 45:10Hosea 12:7Amos 8:5

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Proverbs 20:10II Kings 23:13Proverbs 11:1Judges 5:30

(24) Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
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Psalms 37:23Jeremiah 10:23Daniel 5:23Acts 17:28Proverbs 14:8Proverbs 16:9Psalms 25:4Psalms 25:12Isaiah 10:6Isaiah 10:7

(25) It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
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Proverbs 18:7Leviticus 5:15Leviticus 22:10Leviticus 22:11Leviticus 22:12Leviticus 22:13Leviticus 22:14Leviticus 22:15Leviticus 27:30Malachi 3:8Malachi 3:9Malachi 3:10

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Jeremiah 44:25

(26) A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
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Proverbs 20:8II Samuel 4:9II Samuel 4:10II Samuel 4:11II Samuel 4:12Psalms 101:5Psalms 101:6Psalms 101:7Psalms 101:8II Samuel 12:31Isaiah 28:27Isaiah 28:28

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Proverbs 30:33

(27) The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
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Genesis 2:7Job 32:8Romans 2:15I Corinthians 2:11II Corinthians 4:2II Corinthians 4:3II Corinthians 4:4II Corinthians 4:5II Corinthians 4:6I John 3:19I John 3:20I John 3:21

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Proverbs 20:30

(28) Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
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Proverbs 16:6Psalms 61:7Psalms 101:1Proverbs 16:12Proverbs 29:14Psalms 21:7Psalms 26:1Isaiah 16:5

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James 2:13Exodus 25:20Exodus 33:19Exodus 37:9Leviticus 16:2Leviticus 16:14

(29) The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
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Jeremiah 9:23Jeremiah 9:24I John 2:14Proverbs 16:31Leviticus 19:32

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Deuteronomy 22:6

(30) The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
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Proverbs 19:25Proverbs 22:15Isaiah 27:9Hebrews 12:10

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Proverbs 20:27

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