{"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/drb/proverbs/20","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T08:42:53.736Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":20,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":19,"nextChapter":21,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":30},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith shell not be wise. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but all fools are meddling with reproaches. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man? "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him blessed children. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The king, that sitteth on the throne of judgment, scattereth away all evil with his look. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin? "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"By his inclinations a child is known, if his works be clean and right. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made them both. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"It is nought, it is nought, saith every buyer: and when he is gone away, then he will boast. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"There is gold, and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness. "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord and he will deliver thee. "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good. "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"The steps of man are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way? "},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract. "},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth over them the wheel. "},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, which searcheth all the hidden things of the bowels. "},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency. "},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"The joy of young men is their strength: and the dignity of old men, their grey hairs. "},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"The blueness of a wound shall wipe away evils: and stripes in the more in- ward parts of the belly. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 20 (DRB)","markdown":"[Proverbs 20](https://primebible.com/drb/proverbs/20)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/proverbs/20 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}