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Proverbs 20:2
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Proverbs 20:2
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Proverbs 20:2
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Proverbs 20:2
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2 The king’s fury is like a lion’s roar;
to rouse his anger is to risk your life.
Proverbs 20:2
King James Version
Proverbs 20:2
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2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
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Proverbs 20:4
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Proverbs 20:4
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Proverbs 20:4
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Proverbs 20:4
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4 Those too lazy to plow in the right season
will have no food at the harvest.
Proverbs 20:4
King James Version
Proverbs 20:4
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4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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Proverbs 20:8
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Proverbs 20:8
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Proverbs 20:8
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Proverbs 20:8
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8 When a king sits in judgment, he weighs all the evidence,
distinguishing the bad from the good.
Proverbs 20:8
King James Version
Proverbs 20:8
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8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
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Proverbs 20:12
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Proverbs 20:12
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12 Ears that hear and eyes that see—
the Lord has made them both.(A)
Proverbs 20:12
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Proverbs 20:12
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12 Ears to hear and eyes to see—
both are gifts from the Lord.
Proverbs 20:12
King James Version
Proverbs 20:12
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12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them.
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Proverbs 20:14
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Proverbs 20:14
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14 “It’s no good, it’s no good!” says the buyer—
then goes off and boasts about the purchase.
Proverbs 20:14
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Proverbs 20:14
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14 The buyer haggles over the price, saying, “It’s worthless,”
then brags about getting a bargain!
Proverbs 20:14
King James Version
Proverbs 20:14
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14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
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Proverbs 20:16
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Proverbs 20:16
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Proverbs 20:16
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Proverbs 20:16
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16 Get security from someone who guarantees a stranger’s debt.
Get a deposit if he does it for foreigners.[a]
Footnotes
- 20:16 An alternate reading in the Masoretic Text is for a promiscuous woman.
Proverbs 20:16
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Proverbs 20:16
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16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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Proverbs 20:26
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Proverbs 20:26
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26 A wise king winnows out the wicked;
he drives the threshing wheel over them.(A)
Proverbs 20:26
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Proverbs 20:26
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26 A wise king scatters the wicked like wheat,
then runs his threshing wheel over them.
Proverbs 20:26
King James Version
Proverbs 20:26
King James Version
26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
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