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箴20:1 酒能使人亵慢，浓酒使人喧嚷，凡因酒错误的，就无智慧。
KJV
箴20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
NIV
箴20:1 Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
和合本
箴20:2 王的威吓，如同狮子吼叫；惹动他怒的，是自害己命。
KJV
箴20:2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
NIV
箴20:2 A king's wrath is like the roar of a lion; he who angers him forfeits his life.
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箴20:3 远离纷争，是人的尊荣；愚妄人都爱争闹。
KJV
箴20:3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
NIV
箴20:3 It is to a man's honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.
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箴20:4 懒惰人因冬寒不肯耕种，到收割的时候，他必讨饭而无所得。
KJV
箴20:4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
NIV
箴20:4 A sluggard does not plow in season; so at harvest time he looks but finds nothing.
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箴20:5 人心怀藏谋略，好像深水，惟明哲人才能汲引出来。
KJV
箴20:5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
NIV
箴20:5 The purposes of a man's heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.
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箴20:6 人多述说自己的仁慈，但忠信人谁能遇着呢？
KJV
箴20:6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
NIV
箴20:6 Many a man claims to have unfailing love, but a faithful man who can find?
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箴20:7 行为纯正的义人，他的子孙是有福的！
KJV
箴20:7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
NIV
箴20:7 The righteous man leads a blameless life; blessed are his children after him.
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箴20:8 王坐在审判的位上，以眼目驱散诸恶。
KJV
箴20:8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
NIV
箴20:8 When a king sits on his throne to judge, he winnows out all evil with his eyes.
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箴20:9 谁能说“我洁净了我的心，我脱净了我的罪”？
KJV
箴20:9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
NIV
箴20:9 Who can say, "I have kept my heart pure; I am clean and without sin"?
和合本
箴20:10 两样的法码，两样的升斗，都为耶和华所憎恶。
KJV
箴20:10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
NIV
箴20:10 Differing weights and differing measures--the LORD detests them both.
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箴20:11 孩童的动作，是清洁，是正直，都显明他的本性。
KJV
箴20:11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
NIV
箴20:11 Even a child is known by his actions, by whether his conduct is pure and right.
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箴20:12 能听的耳，能看的眼，都是耶和华所造的。
KJV
箴20:12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
NIV
箴20:12 Ears that hear and eyes that see--the LORD has made them both.
和合本
箴20:13 不要贪睡，免致贫穷；眼要睁开，你就吃饱。
KJV
箴20:13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
NIV
箴20:13 Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare.
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箴20:14 买物的说：“不好，不好！”及至买去，他便自夸。
KJV
箴20:14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
NIV
箴20:14 "It's no good, it's no good!" says the buyer; then off he goes and boasts about his purchase.
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箴20:15 有金子和许多珍珠（或作“红宝石”），惟有知识的嘴，乃为贵重的珍宝。
KJV
箴20:15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
NIV
箴20:15 Gold there is, and rubies in abundance, but lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel.
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箴20:16 谁为生人作保，就拿谁的衣服；谁为外人作保，谁就要承当。
KJV
箴20:16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
NIV
箴20:16 Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for a wayward woman.
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箴20:17 以虚谎而得的食物，人觉甘甜，但后来他的口必充满尘沙。
KJV
箴20:17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
NIV
箴20:17 Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man, but he ends up with a mouth full of gravel.
和合本
箴20:18 计谋都凭筹算立定；打仗要凭智谋。
KJV
箴20:18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
NIV
箴20:18 Make plans by seeking advice; if you wage war, obtain guidance.
和合本
箴20:19 往来传舌的，泄漏密事；大张嘴的，不可与他结交。
KJV
箴20:19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
NIV
箴20:19 A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid a man who talks too much.
和合本
箴20:20 咒骂父母的，他的灯必灭，变为漆黑的黑暗。
KJV
箴20:20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
NIV
箴20:20 If a man curses his father or mother, his lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.
和合本
箴20:21 起初速得的产业，终久却不为福。
KJV
箴20:21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
NIV
箴20:21 An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning will not be blessed at the end.
和合本
箴20:22 你不要说：“我要以恶报恶”；要等候耶和华，他必拯救你。
KJV
箴20:22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
NIV
箴20:22 Do not say, "I'll pay you back for this wrong!" Wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.
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箴20:23 两样的法码，为耶和华所憎恶；诡诈的天平，也为不善。
KJV
箴20:23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
NIV
箴20:23 The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales do not please him.
和合本
箴20:24 人的脚步为耶和华所定，人岂能明白自己的路呢？
KJV
箴20:24 Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
NIV
箴20:24 A man's steps are directed by the LORD. How then can anyone understand his own way?
和合本
箴20:25 人冒失说，这是圣物，许愿之后才查问，就是自陷网罗。
KJV
箴20:25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
NIV
箴20:25 It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly and only later to consider his vows.
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箴20:26 智慧的王簸散恶人，用碌碡滚轧他们。
KJV
箴20:26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
NIV
箴20:26 A wise king winnows out the wicked; he drives the threshing wheel over them.
和合本
箴20:27 人的灵是耶和华的灯，鉴察人的心腹。
KJV
箴20:27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
NIV
箴20:27 The lamp of the LORD searches the spirit of a man; it searches out his inmost being.
和合本
箴20:28 王因仁慈和诚实，得以保全他的国位，也因仁慈立稳。
KJV
箴20:28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
NIV
箴20:28 Love and faithfulness keep a king safe; through love his throne is made secure.
和合本
箴20:29 强壮乃少年人的荣耀；白发为老年人的尊荣。
KJV
箴20:29 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head.
NIV
箴20:29 The glory of young men is their strength, gray hair the splendor of the old.
和合本
箴20:30 鞭伤除净人的罪恶；责打能入人的心腹。
KJV
箴20:30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
NIV
箴20:30 Blows and wounds cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the inmost being.