Proverbs 20 (NET)

Proverbs 20:1¹Wine is a mocker and strong drink is a brawler; whoever goes astray by them is not wise.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 5:18Hos 4:11Isa 28:71 Cor 6:10Prov 31:4Gal 5:21Hab 2:15-162 Sam 11:13Isa 5:22Prov 23:29-35

Proverbs 20:2²The king’s terrifying anger is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him sins against himself.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 19:12Eccl 10:41 Kgs 2:23Prov 8:36Amos 3:8Hos 11:10Prov 16:14-15Hab 2:10Num 16:38

Proverbs 20:3³It is an honor for a person to cease from strife, but every fool quarrels.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 16:32Prov 17:14Prov 19:11Eph 4:32-5:1Prov 14:29Prov 18:6Jas 4:1Eph 1:6-8Jas 3:14Prov 14:17

Proverbs 20:4⁴The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he asks for grain but has nothing.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 10:4Prov 19:15Prov 13:4Matt 25:24-28Matt 25:3-102 Pet 1:5-11Prov 26:13-16Prov 19:24Prov 24:34Prov 6:10-11

Proverbs 20:5⁵Counsel in a person’s heart is like deep water, but an understanding person draws it out.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 2:11Prov 18:4Ps 64:6

Proverbs 20:6⁶Many people profess their loyalty, but a faithful person —who can find?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 12:1Matt 6:2Luke 18:8Luke 22:33Luke 18:11Prov 25:14Prov 27:2Jer 5:1Mic 7:22 Cor 12:11

Proverbs 20:7⁷The righteous person behaves in integrity; blessed are his children after him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 112:2Ps 37:26Jer 32:392 Cor 1:12Acts 2:393 John 1:3-4Prov 13:22Prov 19:1Gen 17:7Luke 1:6

Proverbs 20:8⁸A king sitting on the throne to judge separates out all evil with his eyes.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 25:5Prov 20:26Prov 29:14Ps 99:4Ps 92:91 Sam 23:3-42 Sam 23:4Isa 32:1Prov 16:12Ps 101:6-8

Proverbs 20:9⁹Who can say, “I have kept my heart clean; I am pure from my sin”?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 7:201 John 1:8-101 Kgs 8:46Job 14:4Job 15:141 Cor 4:4Jas 3:2Job 25:42 Chr 6:36Ps 51:5

Proverbs 20:10¹⁰Diverse weights and diverse measures — the Lord abhors both of them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 11:1Prov 20:23Deut 25:13-15Lev 19:35Mic 6:10-11Prov 16:11Amos 8:4-7Rev 21:8Deut 7:25-26

Proverbs 20:11¹¹Even a young man is known by his actions, whether his activity is pure and whether it is right.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 7:16Luke 6:43-44Prov 21:8Luke 2:46-47Luke 1:15Ps 51:5Ps 58:3Luke 1:66Prov 22:15

Proverbs 20:12¹²The ear that hears and the eye that sees — the Lord has made them both.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 13:13-16Ps 94:9Ps 119:18Eph 1:17-18Exod 4:11Acts 26:18

Proverbs 20:13¹³Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 19:15Rom 12:11Prov 10:4Prov 12:11Rom 13:112 Thess 3:10Eph 5:14Jonah 1:6Prov 13:4Prov 6:9-11

Proverbs 20:14¹⁴“It’s worthless! It’s worthless!” says the buyer, but when he goes on his way, he boasts.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 4:6Hos 12:7-8

Proverbs 20:15¹⁵There is gold, and an abundance of rubies, but words of knowledge are like a precious jewel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 25:12Prov 8:11Prov 16:16Prov 16:24Eccl 12:9-11Prov 15:7Prov 3:15Rom 10:14-15Eph 4:29Job 28:12-19

Proverbs 20:16¹⁶Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and hold him in pledge on behalf of strangers.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 27:13Exod 22:26-27Prov 11:15Prov 22:26-27Prov 2:16Prov 23:27Prov 5:3Prov 7:10Prov 7:5

Proverbs 20:17¹⁷Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 11:9Prov 9:17-18Job 20:12-20Lam 3:15-16Heb 11:25Gen 3:6-7Prov 4:17

Proverbs 20:18¹⁸Plans are established by counsel, so make war with guidance.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 14:31Prov 15:22Prov 24:6Judg 1:1-2Prov 11:14Judg 20:182 Sam 2:26-27Judg 20:72 Chr 25:17-23Judg 20:26-28

Proverbs 20:19¹⁹The one who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with someone who is always opening his mouth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 11:13Prov 13:3Prov 18:8Rom 16:18Lev 19:16Prov 24:21Prov 16:29Prov 26:20-22

Proverbs 20:20²⁰The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 21:17Prov 30:11Prov 30:17Deut 27:16Jude 1:13Lev 20:9Matt 15:4Prov 24:20Exod 20:12Matt 25:8

Proverbs 20:21²¹An inheritance gained easily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 6:9Prov 13:22Prov 28:8Hab 2:6Job 27:16-17Prov 23:4Prov 28:20Prov 28:22Mal 2:2Zech 5:4

Proverbs 20:22²²Do not say, “I will pay back evil!” Wait for the Lord, so that he may vindicate you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 12:17-191 Thess 5:15Prov 24:29Prov 17:131 Pet 3:9Deut 32:351 Pet 2:23Matt 5:391 Pet 4:192 Sam 16:12

Proverbs 20:23²³The Lord abhors differing weights, and dishonest scales are wicked.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 20:10Hos 12:7Ezek 45:10Prov 11:1Amos 8:5

Proverbs 20:24²⁴The steps of a person are ordained by the Lord — so how can anyone understand his own way?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 10:23Prov 16:9Ps 25:12Ps 37:23Ps 25:4Prov 14:8Dan 5:23Acts 17:28Isa 10:6-7

Proverbs 20:25²⁵It is a snare for a person to rashly cry, “Holy!” and only afterward to consider what he has vowed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 5:4-6Matt 5:33Lev 27:9-10Lev 5:15Mal 3:8-10Num 30:2-16Lev 22:10-15Lev 27:30-31Prov 18:7

Proverbs 20:26²⁶A wise king separates out the wicked; he turns the threshing wheel over them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 20:82 Sam 12:312 Sam 4:9-12Isa 28:27-28Ps 101:5-8

Proverbs 20:27²⁷The human spirit is like the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 2:11Heb 4:12-13Job 32:81 John 3:19-21Gen 2:7Rom 2:152 Cor 4:2-6Prov 20:30

Proverbs 20:28²⁸Loyal love and truth preserve a king, and his throne is upheld by loyal love.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 16:12Prov 29:14Ps 101:1Ps 26:1Isa 16:5Prov 16:6Ps 21:7Ps 61:7

Proverbs 20:29²⁹The glory of young men is their strength, and the splendor of old men is gray hair.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 2:14Prov 16:31Lev 19:32Jer 9:23-24

Proverbs 20:30³⁰Beatings and wounds cleanse away evil, and floggings cleanse the innermost being.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 12:10Prov 22:15Prov 19:25Isa 53:5Isa 27:9