{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/proverbs/20","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:07:31.553Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":20,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":19,"nextChapter":21,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":30},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Wine is a scorner, strong drink is raging; and whoso erreth thereby is not wise."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Counsel in the heart of man is deep water, and a man of understanding draweth it out."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; but a faithful man who shall find?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The righteous walketh in his integrity: blessed are his children after him!"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"A king sitting on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Divers weights, divers measures, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Bad! bad! saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"There is gold, and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a precious Jewel."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Take his garment that is become surety for another, and hold him in pledge for strangers."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Plans are established by counsel; and with good advice make war."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"He that goeth about talebearing revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth his lips."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"An inheritance obtained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed in the end."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Say not, I will recompense evil: wait on Jehovah, and he shall save thee."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Divers weights are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"The steps of a man are from Jehovah; and how can a man understand his own way?"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is hallowed, and after vows to make inquiry."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Man's spirit is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the inner parts of the belly."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Mercy and truth preserve the king; and he upholdeth his throne by mercy."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"The glory of young men is their strength; and the beauty of old men is the grey head."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Wounding stripes purge away evil, and strokes purge the inner parts of the belly."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 20 (DBT)","markdown":"[Proverbs 20](https://primebible.com/dbt/proverbs/20)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/proverbs/20 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}