Proverbs 20章 ESV | 微读圣经

120:1 [Gen. 9:21]; See ch. 23:29-32Wine is a mocker, 20:1 ch. 31:4strong drink a brawler,

and whoever 20:1 Isa. 28:7; [Hos. 4:11]is led astray by it is not wise.20:1 Or will not become wise

2The terror of a king is like 20:2 See ch. 19:12the growling of a lion;

whoever provokes him to anger 20:2 Num. 16:38; Hab. 2:10; See ch. 8:36forfeits his life.

3It is an honor for a man to 20:3 [ch. 17:14]keep aloof from strife,

but every fool will be quarreling.

420:4 [ch. 19:24] The sluggard does not plow in the autumn;

20:4 ch. 19:15; [ch. 6:11]he will seek at harvest and have nothing.

5The purpose in a man’s heart is like 20:5 ch. 18:4deep water,

but a man of understanding will draw it out.

6Many a man 20:6 [ch. 25:14; Matt. 6:2; Luke 18:11] proclaims his own steadfast love,

but 20:6 [Ps. 12:1]a faithful man who can find?

7The righteous who 20:7 See ch. 19:1walks in his integrity—

20:7 [1 Kgs. 15:4; Ps. 37:26; 112:2; Jer. 33:20, 21]blessed are his children after him!

820:8 [ch. 16:10] A king who sits on the throne of judgment

20:8 [ver. 26; ch. 25:5; Ps. 101:5]winnows all evil with his eyes.

920:9 See 1 Kgs. 8:46Who can say, “I have made my heart pure;

I am clean from my sin”?

1020:10 ver. 23; See ch. 11:1Unequal20:10 Or Two kinds of; also verse 23 weights and unequal measures

are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

11Even a child 20:11 [Matt. 7:16]makes himself known by his acts,

by whether his conduct is pure and upright.20:11 Or Even a child can dissemble in his actions, though his conduct seems pure and upright

1220:12 ch. 15:31; 25:12The hearing ear and the seeing eye,

20:12 Ex. 4:11; Ps. 94:9the Lord has made them both.

1320:13 [ch. 6:4; 19:15; 31:15; Rom. 12:11] Love not sleep, lest you 20:13 [ver. 4] come to poverty;

open your eyes, and you will have 20:13 ch. 12:11plenty of bread.

14“Bad, bad,” says the buyer,

but when he goes away, then he boasts.

15There is gold and abundance of 20:15 Job 28:18costly stones,

20:15 [ch. 3:14, 15]but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

1620:16 ch. 27:13; [ch. 6:1; 22:26] Take a man’s garment when he has put up security for a stranger,

and 20:16 See Job 22:6hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.20:16 Or for an adulteress (compare 27:13)

1720:17 [ch. 9:17] Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man,

but afterward his mouth will be full of 20:17 [Lam. 3:16]gravel.

1820:18 [ch. 11:14; 15:22] Plans are established by counsel;

by 20:18 ch. 24:6wise guidance 20:18 Luke 14:31wage war.

19Whoever 20:19 ch. 11:13goes about slandering reveals secrets;

therefore do not associate with 20:19 ch. 13:3; [Rom. 16:18]a simple babbler.20:19 Hebrew with one who is simple in his lips

2020:20 ch. 30:11, 17; See Ex. 21:17If one curses his father or his mother,

20:20 See 2 Sam. 21:17; Job 18:5his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.

2120:21 See ch. 13:11An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning

will not be blessed in the end.

22Do not say, 20:22 ch. 24:29; [ch. 17:13; Matt. 5:39; Rom. 12:17, 19; 1 Thess. 5:15; 1 Pet. 3:9] “I will repay evil”;

20:22 Ps. 27:14wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.

2320:23 ver. 10Unequal weights are an abomination to the Lord,

and 20:23 See ch. 11:1false scales are not good.

24A man’s 20:24 See ch. 16:9steps are from the Lord;

how then can man understand his way?

25It is a snare to say rashly, “It is holy,”

and to reflect only 20:25 [Eccles. 5:4, 5]after making vows.

26A wise king 20:26 [Matt. 3:12] winnows the wicked

and drives 20:26 Isa. 28:27the wheel over them.

2720:27 [1 Cor. 2:11] The spirit20:27 Hebrew breath of man is the lamp of the Lord,

20:27 [Zeph. 1:12] searching all 20:27 ch. 18:8his innermost parts.

2820:28 ch. 3:3Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king,

and by steadfast love his 20:28 See ch. 16:12throne is upheld.

29The glory of young men is their strength,

but 20:29 ch. 16:31the splendor of old men is their gray hair.

3020:30 [Isa. 53:5] Blows that wound cleanse away evil;

strokes make clean 20:30 [See ver. 27above]the innermost parts.

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