{"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/ylt/proverbs/20","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T08:42:27.097Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","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 noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The fear of a king is a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Counsel in the heart of a man is deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him!"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"A king sitting on a throne of judgment, Is scattering with his eyes all evil,"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Who saith, 'I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?'"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them are an abomination to Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"A hearing ear, and a seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes — be satisfied with bread."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"'Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, are lips of knowledge."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Sweet to a man is the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled with gravel."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver with his lips make not thyself surety."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Do not say, 'I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"An abomination to Jehovah are a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit are not good."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"From Jehovah are the steps of a man, And man — how understandeth he his way?"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"A snare to a man is he hath swallowed a holy thing, And after vows to make inquiry."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"A wise king is scattering the wicked, And turneth back on them the wheel."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"The breath of man is a lamp of Jehovah, Searching all the inner parts of the heart."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Kindness and truth keep a king, And he hath supported by kindness his throne."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"The beauty of young men is their strength, And the honour of old men is grey hairs."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"The bandages of a wound thou removest with the evil, Also the plagues of the inner parts of the heart!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 20 (YLT)","markdown":"[Proverbs 20](https://primebible.com/ylt/proverbs/20)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/proverbs/20 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}