Webster [1833], THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, IN THE COMMON VERSION. WITH AMENDMENTS OF THE LANGUAGE, BY NOAH WEBSTER, LL. D. (PUBLISHED BY DURRIE & PECK., NEW HAVEN) [word count] [B19000].
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CHAP. XX.
1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is
raging: and whoever is deceived
by it is not wise.
2 noteThe fear of a king is as the roaring
of a lion: whoever provoketh him to
anger sinneth against his own soul.
3 It is an honor for a man to cease
from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
4 noteThe sluggard will not plow by reason
of the note cold; therefore shall he beg
in harvest, and have nothing.
5 noteCounsel in the heart of man is like
deep water; but a man of understanding
will draw it out.
6 Most men will proclaim every one
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his own note goodness: but a faithful man
who can find?
7 The just man walketh in his integrity:
note his children are blessed after
him.
8 A king that sitteth on the throne of
judgment scattereth away all evil with
his eyes.
9 noteWho can say, I have made my
heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
10 note noteDivers weights, and note divers
measures, both of them are alike abomination
to the Lord.
11 Even a child is known by his doings,
whether his work is pure, and
whether it is right.
12 noteThe hearing ear, and the seeing
eye, the Lord hath made even both of
them.
13 noteLove not sleep, lest thou come to
poverty; open thy eyes, and thou shalt
be satisfied with bread.
14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the
buyer: but when he is gone, then he
boasteth.
15 There is gold, and a multitude of
rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a
precious jewel.
16 noteTake his garment that is surety note
for a stranger: and take a pledge of him
for a strange woman.
17 note noteBread of deceit is sweet to a
man; but afterwards his mouth shall be
filled with gravel.
18 noteEvery purpose is established by
counsel: and with good advice make
war.
19 noteHe that goeth about as a tale-bearer
revealeth secrets; therefore meddle
not with him that note flattereth with his
lips.
20 noteWhoever curseth his father or
his mother, his note lamp shall be put out in
obscure darkness.
21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily
at the beginning; but the end of it
shall not be blessed.
22 noteSay not thou, I will recompense
evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall
save thee.
23 noteDivers weights are an abomination
to the Lord; and note a false balance is
not good.
24 noteMan's goings are of the Lord;
how can a man then understand his own
way?
25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth
that which is holy, and after
vows to make inquiry.
26 noteA wise king scatterreth the wicked,
and bringeth the wheel over them.
27 The spirit of man is the note candle
of the Lord, searching all the inward
parts of the belly.
28 noteMercy and truth preserve the
king: and his throne is upheld by mercy.
29 The glory of young men is their
strength: and note the beauty of old men is
the gray head.
30 The blueness of a wound note cleanseth
away evil: so do stripes the inward
parts of the belly.
Webster [1833], THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, IN THE COMMON VERSION. WITH AMENDMENTS OF THE LANGUAGE, BY NOAH WEBSTER, LL. D. (PUBLISHED BY DURRIE & PECK., NEW HAVEN) [word count] [B19000].
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