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