Proverbs 20:1-9
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1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
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2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
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3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
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4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
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6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
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7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
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8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
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9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?