Proverbs 20

Proverbs 20

- NKJV v3 It is honorable for a man to stop striving,
Since any fool can start a quarrel.

- AMP v5 Counsel in the heart of man is like water in a deep well, but a man of understanding draws it out.

- MSG v10 Switching price tags and padding the expense account are two things God hates.

- AMP v14 It is worthless, it is worthless! says the buyer; but when he goes his way, then he boasts [about his bargain].

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- AMP v16 [The judge tells the creditor] Take the garment of one who is security for a stranger; and hold him in pledge when he is security for foreigners.

- AMP v16 Hold tight to collateral on any loan to a stranger;
beware of accepting what a transient has pawned.

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- AMP v18 Purposes and plans are established by counsel; and [only] with good advice make or carry on war.

- MSG v18 Form your purpose by asking for counsel,
then carry it out using all the help you can get.

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- MSG v22 Don't ever say, "I'll get you for that!"
Wait for God; he'll settle the score.

- MSG v23 God hates cheating in the marketplace;
rigged scales are an outrage.

- AMP v24 Man's steps are ordered by the Lord. How then can a man understand his way?

- AMP v25 It is a snare to a man to utter a vow [of consecration] rashly and [not until] afterward inquire [whether he can fulfill it]