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משלי כ׳Proverbs 20

Chapter 20 of 31 in Proverbs — 30 verses

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Total gematria
56,018
Letters
844
Words
226
Verses
30
Per word average
247.87

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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.

…and 17 more verses in this chapter.

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Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English: The Holy Scriptures (JPS 1917), public domain.