Proverbs 20

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1 Wine is a mocker , strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. 2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. 3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife : but every fool will be meddling . 4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold ; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. 5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water ; but a man of understanding will draw it out. 6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? 7 The just man walketh in his integrity : his children are blessed after him. 8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. 9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean , I am pure from my sin ? 10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord . 11 Even a child is known by his doings , whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. 12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them. 13 Love not sleep , lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. 14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth . 15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel . 16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. 17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. 18 Every purpose is established by counsel : and with good advice make war . 19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. 20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness . 21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. 22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord , and he shall save thee. 23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord ; and a false balance is not good. 24 Man’s goings are of the Lord ; how can a man then understand his own way? 25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make inquiry. 26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. 27 The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord , searching all the inward parts of the belly. 28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy. 29 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head. 30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. TG Drunkenness ; Temperance ; Word of Wisdom . TG Mocking . Prov. 19:12 . Mosiah 17:12 . TG Strife . Ether 12:26 . IE fomenting trouble. TG Apathy ; Idleness . HEB winter; i.e., after the autumn harvest. D&C 78:2 . D&C 11:26 . Prov. 18:4 . TG Walking with God . TG Integrity . TG Family . Prov. 25:5 . Rom. 3:23 . D&C 49:8 ; 109:34 . Matt. 7:16 (16–20) . TG Work, Value of . TG Laziness . TG Boast . Job 28:18 (12–19) . Prov. 27:13 . IE Food gained by fraudulent means. TG Deceit . D&C 69:4 . Luke 14:31 . Prov. 24:6 . TG Gossip . TG Flatter . Prov. 19:26 ; 1 Ne. 2:11 ; Mosiah 13:20 . Job 18:5 . Alma 26:15 . TG Forbear ; Retribution . Ps. 25:5 ; 27:14 ; Isa. 40:31 ; 2 Ne. 6:13 (7, 13) ; D&C 98:2 . OR deceptive scales (i.e., made to deceive). Jer. 10:23 . TG Kings, Earthly . TG Glory . TG Beauty . TG Old Age . Lev. 19:32 ; Prov. 16:31 . IE flogging, strokes, blows.