Proverbs 20

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1Wine a mocker, strong drink raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

2The fear of a king as the roaring of a lion: provoketh him to anger sinneth his own soul.

3an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; shall he beg in harvest, and nothing.

5Counsel in the heart of man deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

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