- 20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whoever errs by it does not become wise.
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淡酒使人亵慢，浓酒使人喧嚷；凡因酒犯错的，就无智慧。
- 20:2 The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion; He who provokes him to anger sins against his own life.
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王的威吓，如同狮子吼叫；惹动他怒气的，是自害己命。
- 20:3 It is an honor for a man to keep away from strife, But every fool rushes headlong into it.
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远离纷争是人的尊荣，愚妄人却爱争闹。
- 20:4 The sluggard will not plow because of winter; Therefore he will beg in harvest and have nothing.
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懒惰人因冬寒不肯耕种，到收割的时候，他必乞讨而无所得。
- 20:5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, But a man of understanding will draw it out.
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人心怀藏谋略，好像深水，但聪明人能汲引出来。
- 20:6 Many a man will proclaim his own kindness, But who can find a faithful man?
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人多宣告自己的仁慈，但忠信人谁能遇见呢？
- 20:7 A righteous man who walks in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him.
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行为纯全的义人，他的子孙是有福的。
- 20:8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment Scatters away all evil with his eyes.
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王坐在审判的位上，以眼目簸散一切邪恶。
- 20:9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin?
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谁能说，我洁净了我的心，我脱净了我的罪？
- 20:10 Differing weights and differing measures, Both of them are an abomination to Jehovah.
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不同的法码，不同的升斗，都为耶和华所憎恶。
- 20:11 Even a child makes himself known by his deeds, Whether his work is pure and whether it is upright.
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孩童所作的是否清洁正直，都由他的行为将他自己显明出来。
- 20:12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye-Jehovah has made both of them.
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能听的耳，能看的眼，都是耶和华所造的。
- 20:13 Do not love sleep, or else you will come to poverty; Open your eyes, and be satisfied with bread.
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不要贪睡，免致贫穷；眼要睁开，就得饱食。
- 20:14 It is bad, it is bad, says the buyer; But when he has gone away, then he boasts in his purchase.
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买物的说，不好，不好；及至买去，便夸赞所买的。
- 20:15 There is gold and an abundance of corals, But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
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虽有金子和许多珊瑚，惟有知识的嘴才是宝器。
- 20:16 Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger, And hold the pledge when he becomes surety for foreigners.
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谁为生人作保，就拿谁的衣服；谁为外人作保，就向谁取抵押。
- 20:17 The bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
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以虚谎得来的食物，人觉甘甜，过后他的口必充满沙石。
- 20:18 Every plan is established by counsel, And by sound counsel make war.
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计谋都凭筹算立定，打仗要凭智谋。
- 20:19 He who goes about as a gossip reveals secrets; Therefore do not associate with one who opens his lips wide.
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往来传闲话的，泄漏秘密，所以大张嘴的，不可与他结交。
- 20:20 Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp will go out in deep darkness.
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咒骂父母的，他的灯必熄灭在幽暗中。
- 20:21 An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginning Will not be blessed in the end.
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起初速得的产业，终久并不蒙福。
- 20:22 Do not say, I will recompense evil; Wait for Jehovah, and He will save you.
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不要说，我要以恶报恶；要等候耶和华，祂必拯救你。
- 20:23 Differing weights are an abomination to Jehovah, And false scales are not good.
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不同的法码为耶和华所憎恶，诡诈的天平也为不善。
- 20:24 A man's steps are ordered by Jehovah; How then can man understand his own way?
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人的脚步既为耶和华所定，人怎能明白自己的路呢？
- 20:25 It is a snare to a man to rashly say, It is holy, And after making the vows to begin to consider.
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人冒失说，这是圣物，许愿之后才查问，就是自陷网罗。
- 20:26 A wise king winnows the wicked And drives the threshing wheel over them.
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智慧的王簸散恶人，用碾轮辊轧他们。
- 20:27 The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, Searching all the innermost parts of the inner being.
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人的灵是耶和华的灯，鉴察人的深处。
- 20:28 Lovingkindness and truth preserve the king, And his throne is upheld by kindness.
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仁慈和真实保全君王；他的国位乃藉仁慈立稳。
- 20:29 The glory of young men is their strength, And the honor of old men is gray hair.
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力量乃少年人的荣耀，白发为老年人的尊荣。
- 20:30 Stripes that wound purge away evil, And strokes reach the innermost parts of the inner being.
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鞭伤除净人的罪恶，责打能入人的深处。