20:1 Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
20:1 Wine is a mocker, Strong drink is a brawler, And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

20:2 The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoso] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.
20:2 The wrath of a king is like the roaring of a lion; Whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own life.

20:3 [It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
20:3 It is honorable for a man to stop striving, Since any fool can start a quarrel.

20:4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.
20:4 The lazy man will not plow because of winter; He will beg during harvest and have nothing.

20:5 Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
20:5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, But a man of understanding will draw it out.

20:6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
20:6 Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, But who can find a faithful man?

20:7 The just [man] walketh in his integrity: his children [are] blessed after him.
20:7 The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him.

20:8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
20:8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment Scatters all evil with his eyes.

20:9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
20:9 Who can say, "I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin"?

20:10 Divers weights, [and] divers measures, both of them [are] alike abomination to the LORD.
20:10 Diverse weights and diverse measures, They are both alike, an abomination to the LORD.

20:11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work [be] pure, and whether [it be] right.
20:11 Even a child is known by his deeds, Whether what he does is pure and right.

20:12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
20:12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye, The LORD has made them both.

20:13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
20:13 Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.

20:14 [It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
20:14 "It is good for nothing," cries the buyer; But when he has gone his way, then he boasts.

20:15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel.
20:15 There is gold and a multitude of rubies, But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

20:16 Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
20:16 Take the garment of one who is surety for a stranger, And hold it as a pledge when it is for a seductress.

20:17 Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
20:17 Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

20:18 [Every] purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
20:18 Plans are established by counsel; By wise counsel wage war.

20:19 He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
20:19 He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; Therefore do not associate with one who flatters with his lips.

20:20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
20:20 Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.

20:21 An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
20:21 An inheritance gained hastily at the beginning Will not be blessed at the end.

20:22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
20:22 Do not say, "I will recompense evil"; Wait for the LORD, and He will save you.

20:23 Divers weights [are] an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance [is] not good.
20:23 Diverse weights are an abomination to the LORD, And dishonest scales are not good.

20:24 Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
20:24 A man's steps are of the LORD; How then can a man understand his own way?

20:25 [It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
20:25 It is a snare for a man to devote rashly something as holy, And afterward to reconsider his vows.

20:26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
20:26 A wise king sifts out the wicked, And brings the threshing wheel over them.

20:27 The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
20:27 The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, Searching all the inner depths of his heart.

20:28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
20:28 Mercy and truth preserve the king, And by lovingkindness he upholds his throne.

20:29 The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty of old men [is] the gray head.
20:29 The glory of young men is their strength, And the splendor of old men is their gray head.

20:30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so [do] stripes the inward parts of the belly.
20:30 Blows that hurt cleanse away evil, As do stripes the inner depths of the heart.