Proverbs 20
Verse 1
1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is deceived by it is not wise.
By wine here is meant him that is given to wine, and so by strong drink.
Verse 2
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoever provoketh him to anger 1 sinneth against his own soul.
Puts his life in danger.
Verse 5
Counsel in the heart of 1 man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
It is hard to find out: for it is as deep waters, whose bottom cannot be found: yet the wise man will know a man either by his words or manners.
Verse 8
A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment 1 scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
Where righteous judgment is executed, there sin ceases, and vice dare not appear.
Verse 10
Differing weights, and differing measures, both of 1 them are alike abomination to the LORD.
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Verse 16
Take his 1 garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Teach him wit, that he cast not himself rashly into danger.
Verse 25
It is a snare to the man who 1 devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
That is, to apply or take for his own use, that which was appointed to God's and then ask how he may be exempted from the fault.
Verse 26
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the 1 wheel over them.
Which was a kind of punishment then used.
Verse 27
The 1 spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
The word of God gives life to man and causes us to see and try the secret of our dark hearts,
Verse 30
1 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
Sharp punishment that pierces even the inward parts is profitable for the wicked to bring them to amendment.