Holy Bible - Revised Standard Version(RSV)

20:1	Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler;and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
20:2	The dread wrath of a king is like the growling of a lion;he who provokes him to anger forfeits his life.
20:3	It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife;but every fool will be quarreling.
20:4	The sluggard does not plow in the autumn;he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
20:5	The purpose in a man's mind is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
20:6	Many a man proclaims his own loyalty, but a faithful man who can find?
20:7	A righteous man who walks in his integrity -- blessed are his sons after him!
20:8	A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes.
20:9	Who can say, 'I have made my heart clean;I am pure from my sin'?
20:10	Diverse weights and diverse measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
20:11	Even a child makes himself known by his acts, whether what he does is pure and right.
20:12	The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the LORD has made them both.
20:13	Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty;open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
20:14	'It is bad, it is bad,' says the buyer;but when he goes away, then he boasts.
20:15	There is gold, and abundance of costly stones;but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
20:16	Take a man's garment when he has given surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners.
20:17	Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.
20:18	Plans are established by counsel;by wise guidance wage war.
20:19	He who goes about gossiping reveals secrets;therefore do not associate with one who speaks foolishly.
20:20	If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
20:21	An inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning will in the end not be blessed.
20:22	Do not say, 'I will repay evil';wait for the LORD, and he will help you.
20:23	Diverse weights are an abomination to the LORD, and false scales are not good.
20:24	A man's steps are ordered by the LORD;how then can man understand his way?
20:25	It is a snare for a man to say rashly, 'It is holy,' and to reflect only after making his vows.
20:26	A wise king winnows the wicked, and drives the wheel over them.
20:27	The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts.
20:28	Loyalty and faithfulness preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by righteousness.
20:29	The glory of young men is their strength, but the beauty of old men is their gray hair.
20:30	Blows that wound cleanse away evil;strokes make clean the innermost parts.