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- Kapitel 20 -

Integrity of the righteous man

1
Wine makes you loud, and strong drink makes you foolish; whoever lets alcohol lead them to where they get lost is not wise.
2
The king’s wrath makes people as afraid as if they were facing a young lion roaring at them; the person who makes a king angry is giving up his own life.
3
It is an honor to stay out of an argument, but every fool is ready to join one.
4
The lazy person is not willing to plow his crops again in autumn, and when it is harvest time, he looks, but there is nothing growing in his field.
5
The purposes within a person’s life are like waters in a deep well, but a person who has understanding is able to draw them out.
6
Many people proclaim that they can be trusted to do what they promise, but it is very difficult to find one who can really be trusted.
7
The person who always does right, how fortunate will be his children who follow after him.
8
A king who sits on his throne to act as a judge can distinguish between all the kinds of evil before him just by looking at them.
9
No one can truthfully say, “I have kept my heart pure, and I am free from my sins.”
10
Uneven weights, improperly marked, and unequal measures, that favor the one who is selling, Yahweh hates both of them.
11
Also, even a youth is known by what he does, it is clear whether what he does is pure and respectable or not.
12
Ears that hear and eyes that see, Yahweh made them both.
13
If you love to sleep all the time, you will become poor; stay awake when you should be at work and you will have plenty to eat.
14
“It is no good,” the buyer says when he is bargaining with you about the price. But after he buys it, he goes and boasts to his friends what a good price he bought it for.

Inheritance seized in haste

15
Consider the value of gold and many expensive jewels, but the words of the one who has knowledge are like precious jewels.
16
Take the expensive coat of the person who guarantees a loan for a stranger, so it can be sold if the debt is not paid back. And if he makes a pledge for an immoral woman, hold his coat as a guarantee for the loan he makes.
17
Bread gotten by telling a lie, may taste sweet, but later his mouth will be like it was full of gravel, because of his lies.
18
Good plans are made in consultation with good advisors, and only with wise advisors giving their advice should anyone go to war.
19
A gossip tells secrets, so stay away from people who talk too much.
20
If a person curses his father or his mother, his life will be put out as a light that is snuffed out.
21
An inheritance that comes to a person quickly, may do some good at the beginning, but later it will do less good for the person who received it.
22
Do not say, “I will pay you back for the wrong you did to me.” Wait for Yahweh and he will take care of the matter.
23
Yahweh detests those who use dishonest scales and weights that are not accurate.
24
Yahweh is the one who directs the way a person will go. So then, how can someone understand where he is going?
25
It is dangerous to declare that something is holy to Yahweh, and it is worse to think about the meaning of holiness only after you have made a vow.
26
A king who is wise will separate the wicked from among his people; then he will severely punish those wicked people.
27
The life-giving spirit within a man is the light shining from Yahweh within us, it shines deep within and shows what is hidden deep inside us.
28
Love and faithfulness preserve the life of the king; his throne is made strong by steadfast love.
29
The honor of young people is seen in how strong they are, but the splendor of old people is in their gray hair.
30
When we are beaten, the wound that results may cleanse away evil, and beatings make our inmost self clean.

Integrity of the righteous man

1
Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
2
The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
3
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
4
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
5
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
6
Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?
7
A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.
8
A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
9
Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin”?
10
Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.
11
Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
12
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made even both of them.
13
Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
14
It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.

Inheritance seized in haste

15
There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
16
Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
17
Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
18
Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
19
He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
20
Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
21
An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning won’t be blessed in the end.
22
Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for the LORD, and he will save you.
23
The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
24
A man’s steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way?
25
It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.
26
A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.
27
The spirit of man is the LORD’s lamp, searching all his innermost parts.
28
Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.
29
The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
30
Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.