The Tanakh
משלי כ׳Proverbs 20
Chapter 20 of 31 in Proverbs — 30 verses
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- 226
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- 30
- Per word average
- 247.87
Verse 1א׳Standard1,246
לֵץ הַיַּין הֹמֶה שֵׁכָר וְכָל־שֹׁגֶה בּוֹ לֹא יֶחְכָּֽם
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is riotous; and whosoever reeleth thereby is not wise.
Verse 2ב׳Standard2,144
נַהַם כַּכְּפִיר אֵימַת מֶלֶךְ מִתְעַבְּרוֹ חוֹטֵא נַפְשֽׁוֹ
The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger forfeiteth his life.
Verse 3ג׳Standard1,943
כָּבוֹד לָאִישׁ שֶׁבֶת מֵרִיב וְכָל־אֱוִיל יִתְגַּלָּֽע
It is an honour for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be snarling.
Verse 4ד׳Standard1,877
מֵחֹרֶף עָצֵל לֹא־יַחֲרֹשׁ ישאל בַּקָּצִיר וָאָֽיִן
The sluggard will not plow when winter setteth in; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Verse 5ה׳Standard1,739
מַיִם עֲמֻקִּים עֵצָה בְלֶב־אִישׁ וְאִישׁ תְּבוּנָה יִדְלֶֽנָּה
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. .
Verse 6ו׳Standard1,602
רָב־אָדָם יִקְרָא אִישׁ חַסְדּוֹ וְאִישׁ אֱמוּנִים מִי יִמְצָֽא
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness; but a faithful man who can find?
Verse 7ז׳Standard1,951
מִתְהַלֵּךְ בְּתֻמּוֹ צַדִּיק אַשְׁרֵי בָנָיו אַחֲרָֽיו
He that walketh in his integrity as a just man, happy are his children after him.
Verse 8ח׳Standard1,373
מֶלֶךְ יוֹשֵׁב עַל־כִּסֵּא־דִין מְזָרֶה בְעֵינָיו כָּל־רָֽע
A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
Verse 9ט׳Standard1,882
מִֽי־יֹאמַר זִכִּיתִי לִבִּי טָהַרְתִּי מֵחַטָּאתִֽי
Who can say: ‘I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin’?
Verse 10י׳Standard1,662
אֶבֶן וָאֶבֶן אֵיפָה וְאֵיפָה תּוֹעֲבַת יְהוָה גַּם־שְׁנֵיהֶֽם
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them alike are abomination to the LORD.
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English: The Holy Scriptures (JPS 1917), public domain.