{"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/web/proverbs/20","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T21:53:13.826Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":20,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":19,"nextChapter":21,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":30},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Who can say, |I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?|"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"|It's no good, it's no good,| says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"There is gold and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don't keep company with him who opens wide his lips."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won't be blessed in the end."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Don't say, |I will pay back evil.| Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"A man's steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"The spirit of man is Yahweh's lamp, searching all his innermost parts."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 20 (WEB)","markdown":"[Proverbs 20](https://primebible.com/web/proverbs/20)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/proverbs/20 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}