Proverbs Chapter 20

 

1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

Gen 9:21  And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

Prov 19:12  The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

Prov 8:36  But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

Prov 17:14  The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Prov 10:4  He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Prov 19:15  Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

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?

Matt 6:2  Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

Luke 18:11  The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men
are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

Luke 18:8  I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

2 Cor 1:12  For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

Psalms 37:26  He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

Prov 20:26  A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them

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

1 Kings 8:46  If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;

10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.

Deut 25:13  Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

Matt 7:16  Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

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

Exodus 4:11  And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?

13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Rom 12:11  Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

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.

Prov 3:15  She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

Prov 22:26  Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Prov 9:17  Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.

Prov 24:6  For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety

Luke 14:31  Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

Prov 11:13  A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

Rom 16:18  For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

Matt 15:4  For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

Job 18:5 
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

Job 18:6  The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

Prov 28:20  A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

Hab 2:6  Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

Rom 12:17  Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

2 Samuel 16:12  It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.

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?

Psalms 37:23  The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.

25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.

Eccl 5:4  When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

Eccl 5:5  Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.

Psalms 101:8  I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.

27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

1 Cor 2:11  For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

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.

Prov 16:31  The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.



 

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