Douay Rheims Bible

Proverbs 19

The Proverbs

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Chapter 20

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  Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith shell not be wise.  

 

 

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2


 

  As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul.  

 

 

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3


 

  It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but all fools are meddling with reproaches.  

 

 

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4


 

  Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.  

 

 

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5


 

  Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out.  

 

 

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6


 

  Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man?  

 

 

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  The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him blessed children.  

 

 

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  The king, that sitteth on the throne of judgment, scattereth away all evil with his look.  

 

 

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9


 

  Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin?  

 

 

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10


 

  Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God.  

 

 

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11


 

  By his inclinations a child is known, if his works be clean and right.  

 

 

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12


 

  The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made them both.  

 

 

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13


 

  Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.  

 

 

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14


 

  It is nought, it is nought, saith every buyer: and when he is gone away, then he will boast.  

 

 

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15


 

  There is gold, and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.  

 

 

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16


 

  Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers.  

 

 

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17


 

  The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.  

 

 

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18


 

  Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments.  

 

 

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19


 

  Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.  

 

 

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20


 

  He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness.  

 

 

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21


 

  The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing.  

 

 

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22


 

  Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord and he will deliver thee.  

 

 

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23


 

  Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.  

 

 

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24


 

  The steps of man are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?  

 

 

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25


 

  It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract.  

 

 

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26


 

  A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth over them the wheel.  

 

 

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27


 

  The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, which searcheth all the hidden things of the bowels.  

 

 

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28


 

  Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency.  

 

 

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29


 

  The joy of young men is their strength: and the dignity of old men, their grey hairs.  

 

 

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30


 

  The blueness of a wound shall wipe away evils: and stripes in the more in- ward parts of the belly.  

 

 

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