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Found 30 Verses (from 21)

Proverbs 20:13

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Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare. NIV

Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes and you will be satisfied with bread. AMP

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. KJV

Proverbs 20:4

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Sluggards do not plow in season; so at harvest time they look but find nothing. NIV

The sluggard does not plow when winter sets in; therefore he begs in harvest and has nothing. AMP

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

Proverbs 20:12

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Ears that hear and eyes that see – the LORD has made them both. NIV

The hearing ear and the seeing eye--the Lord has made both of them. AMP

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them. KJV

Proverbs 20:18

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Plans are established by seeking advice; so if you wage war, obtain guidance. NIV

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

Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. KJV

Proverbs 20:17

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Food gained by fraud tastes sweet, but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel. NIV

Food gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel. AMP

Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. KJV

Proverbs 20:16

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Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider. NIV

[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

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. KJV

Proverbs 20:8

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When a king sits on his throne to judge, he winnows out all evil with his eyes. NIV

A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows out all evil [like chaff] with his eyes. AMP

A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. KJV

Proverbs 20:10

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Differing weights and differing measures – the LORD detests them both. NIV

Diverse weights [one for buying and another for selling] and diverse measures--both of them are exceedingly offensive and abhorrent to the Lord. [Deut. 25:13; Mic. 6:10, 11.] AMP

Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. KJV

Proverbs 20:15

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Gold there is, and rubies in abundance, but lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel. NIV

There is gold, and a multitude of pearls, but the lips of knowledge are a vase of preciousness [the most precious of all]. [Job 28:12, 16-19; Prov. 3:15; 8:11.] AMP

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. KJV

Proverbs 20:14

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"It's no good, it's no good!" says the buyer – then goes off and boasts about the purchase. NIV

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

It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. KJV