Proverbs 20

Question 1

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging:

Answer 1

and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. (Proverbs 20:1)

Question 2

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion:

Answer 2

whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. (Proverbs 20:2)

Question 3

It is an honour for a man to cease from strife:

Answer 3

but every fool will be meddling. (Proverbs 20:3)

Question 4

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold;

Answer 4

therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. (Proverbs 20:4)

Question 5

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water;

Answer 5

but a man of understanding will draw it out. (Proverbs 20:5)

Question 6

Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness:

Answer 6

but a faithful man who can find? (Proverbs 20:6)

Question 7

The just man walketh in his integrity:

Answer 7

his children are blessed after him. (Proverbs 20:7)

Question 8

A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment

Answer 8

scattereth away all evil with his eyes. (Proverbs 20:8)

Question 9

Who can say, I have made my heart clean,

Answer 9

I am pure from my sin? (Proverbs 20:9)

Question 10

Divers weights, and divers measures,

Answer 10

both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. (Proverbs 20:10)

Question 11

Even a child is known by his doings,

Answer 11

whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. (Proverbs 20:11)

Question 12

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye,

Answer 12

the LORD hath made even both of them. (Proverbs 20:12)

Question 13

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty;

Answer 13

open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. (Proverbs 20:13)

Question 14

It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer:

Answer 14

but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. (Proverbs 20:14)

Question 15

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies:

Answer 15

but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. (Proverbs 20:15)

Question 16

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger:

Answer 16

and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. (Proverbs 20:16)

Question 17

Bread of deceit is sweet to a man;

Answer 17

but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. (Proverbs 20:17)

Question 18

Every purpose is established by counsel:

Answer 18

and with good advice make war. (Proverbs 20:18)

Question 19

He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets:

Answer 19

therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. (Proverbs 20:19)

Question 20

Whoso curseth his father or his mother,

Answer 20

his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. (Proverbs 20:20)

Question 21

An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning;

Answer 21

but the end thereof shall not be blessed. (Proverbs 20:21)

Question 22

Say not thou, I will recompense evil;

Answer 22

but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee. (Proverbs 20:22)

Question 23

Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD;

Answer 23

and a false balance is not good. (Proverbs 20:23)

Question 24

Man’s goings are of the LORD;

Answer 24

how can a man then understand his own way? (Proverbs 20:24)

Question 25

It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy,

Answer 25

and after vows to make enquiry. (Proverbs 20:25)

Question 26

A wise king scattereth the wicked,

Answer 26

and bringeth the wheel over them. (Proverbs 20:26)

Question 27

The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD,

Answer 27

searching all the inward parts of the belly. (Proverbs 20:27)

Question 28

Mercy and truth preserve the king:

Answer 28

and his throne is upholden by mercy. (Proverbs 20:28)

Question 29

The glory of young men is their strength:

Answer 29

and the beauty of old men is the gray head. (Proverbs 20:29)

Question 30

The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil:

Answer 30

so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. (Proverbs 20:30)