Proverbs 20 cross-references
Proverbs 20 has 30 verses, which point to 282 other passages and are cited by 292. Below is the King James text of each verse with its strongest cross-references, ranked by OpenBible.info reader votes.
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Words characteristic of Proverbs 20 in the original text, with the number of verses using each. Select one for a full word study.
- אָדָם adam “man” 4
- רַע ra “bad” 4
- עָרַב arav “to pledge” 2
- חֶדֶר cheder “chamber” 2
- זָרָה zarah “to scatter” 2
- נֵר ner “lamp” 2
- בֶּטֶן beten “belly” 2
- עֵצָה etsah “counsel” 2
- גַּם gam “also” 3
- תּוֹעֵבַה toevah “abomination” 2
- אַחַר achar “after” 3
- כִּסֵּא kisse “throne” 2
Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Points to (17)
- Ephesians 5:18 — And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; 19 votes
- Hosea 4:11 — Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. 18 votes
- Isaiah 28:7 — But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the… 15 votes
- 1 Corinthians 6:10 — Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 14 votes
- Proverbs 31:4 — It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: 14 votes
- Galatians 5:21 — Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also… 13 votes
Pointed to from (20)
- Ephesians 5:18 — And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; 21 votes
- Proverbs 31:4 — It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: 12 votes
- Hosea 4:11 — Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. 10 votes
- Isaiah 5:11 — Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until… 9 votes
Proverbs 20:2
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
Points to (9)
- Proverbs 19:12 — The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass. 9 votes
- Ecclesiastes 10:4 — If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences. 7 votes
- Proverbs 8:36 — But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death. 6 votes
- 1 Kings 2:23 — Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this… 6 votes
- Amos 3:8 — The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy? 4 votes
- Hosea 11:10 — They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall… 4 votes
Pointed to from (16)
- 1 Peter 5:8 — Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he… 16 votes
- Proverbs 8:36 — But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death. 9 votes
- Romans 13:3 — For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do… 8 votes
- Proverbs 16:14 — The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it. 7 votes
Proverbs 20:3
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Points to (13)
- Proverbs 16:32 — He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. 10 votes
- Proverbs 17:14 — The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be… 9 votes
- Proverbs 19:11 — The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. 7 votes
- Ephesians 4:32–5:1 — And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath… 6 votes
- Proverbs 18:6 — A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. 6 votes
- Proverbs 14:29 — He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. 6 votes
Pointed to from (9)
- Proverbs 19:11 — The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. 16 votes
- Proverbs 18:1 — Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. 12 votes
- Proverbs 26:17 — He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. 10 votes
- Proverbs 17:14 — The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be… 8 votes
Proverbs 20:4
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Points to (10)
- Proverbs 10:4 — He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. 13 votes
- Proverbs 19:15 — Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. 12 votes
- Proverbs 13:4 — The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. 8 votes
- Matthew 25:24–28 — Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping… 7 votes
- Matthew 25:3–10 — They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 7 votes
- 2 Peter 1:5–11 — And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 votes
Pointed to from (11)
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10 — For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. 26 votes
- Proverbs 6:6 — Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 20 votes
- Ecclesiastes 11:4 — He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. 16 votes
- Proverbs 10:4 — He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. 13 votes
Proverbs 20:5
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Points to (3)
- 1 Corinthians 2:11 — For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God… 18 votes
- Proverbs 18:4 — The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook. 18 votes
- Psalms 64:6 — They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them,… 12 votes
Pointed to from (6)
- Proverbs 18:4 — The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook. 10 votes
- 1 Corinthians 2:11 — For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God… 6 votes
- Psalms 64:6 — They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them,… 4 votes
- Romans 8:39 — Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in… 3 votes
Proverbs 20:6
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
Points to (13)
- Psalms 12:1 — [To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.] Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the… 7 votes
- Matthew 6:2 — Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the… 6 votes
- Luke 22:33 — And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death. 5 votes
- Luke 18:8 — I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on… 5 votes
- Proverbs 27:2 — Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. 5 votes
- Luke 18:11 — The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are,… 4 votes
Pointed to from (9)
- Proverbs 21:2 — Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts. 13 votes
- Psalms 12:1 — [To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.] Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the… 8 votes
- Luke 16:15 — And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that… 6 votes
- Proverbs 28:20 — A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. 6 votes
Proverbs 20:7
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
Points to (16)
- Psalms 112:2 — His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. 24 votes
- Psalms 37:26 — He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed. 20 votes
- Jeremiah 32:39 — And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of… 18 votes
- 2 Corinthians 1:12 — For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with… 17 votes
- Acts 2:39 — For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our… 14 votes
- 3 John 1:3–4 — For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou… 13 votes
Pointed to from (14)
- Philippians 4:8 — Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just,… 33 votes
- Psalms 112:2 — His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. 19 votes
- Psalms 25:21 — Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee. 10 votes
- Deuteronomy 28:4 — Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the… 8 votes
Proverbs 20:8
A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
Points to (11)
- Proverbs 25:5 — Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness. 7 votes
- Proverbs 20:26 — A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. 6 votes
- Proverbs 29:14 — The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever. 5 votes
- Psalms 99:4 — The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and… 5 votes
- Psalms 92:9 — For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be… 4 votes
- Isaiah 32:1 — Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. 3 votes
Pointed to from (14)
- Proverbs 25:5 — Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness. 7 votes
- Proverbs 20:26 — A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. 7 votes
- Psalms 101:8 — I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the… 7 votes
- Proverbs 29:12 — If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked. 5 votes
Proverbs 20:9
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Points to (10)
- Ecclesiastes 7:20 — For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. 11 votes
- 1 John 1:8–10 — If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 8 votes
- 1 Kings 8:46 — If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver… 7 votes
- Job 14:4 — Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. 6 votes
- Job 15:14 — What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? 5 votes
- James 3:2 — For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to… 4 votes
Pointed to from (11)
- Psalms 51:10 — Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 65 votes
- 1 John 1:8 — If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 24 votes
- Ecclesiastes 7:20 — For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. 19 votes
- James 3:2 — For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to… 16 votes
Proverbs 20:10
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
Points to (9)
- Proverbs 20:23 — Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good. 5 votes
- Proverbs 11:1 — A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. 5 votes
- Micah 6:10–11 — Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is… 3 votes
- Proverbs 16:11 — A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work. 3 votes
- Deuteronomy 25:13–15 — Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. 3 votes
- Leviticus 19:35 — Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. 3 votes
Pointed to from (11)
- Proverbs 11:1 — A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. 13 votes
- Proverbs 20:23 — Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good. 8 votes
- Proverbs 16:11 — A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work. 5 votes
- Micah 6:10 — Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is… 4 votes
Proverbs 20:11
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
Points to (9)
- Matthew 7:16 — Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 10 votes
- Luke 6:43–44 — For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 6 votes
- Proverbs 21:8 — The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right. 5 votes
- Luke 2:46–47 — And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors,… 4 votes
- Luke 1:15 — For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall… 3 votes
- Psalms 58:3 — The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. 3 votes
Pointed to from (4)
- 2 Kings 22:2 — And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and… 4 votes
- Genesis 21:9 — And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. 3 votes
- Psalms 36:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD.] The transgression of the wicked saith… 2 votes
- 2 Kings 2:23 — And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children… 2 votes
Proverbs 20:12
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
Points to (6)
- Matthew 13:13–16 — Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do… 15 votes
- Psalms 94:9 — He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? 14 votes
- Psalms 119:18 — Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. 8 votes
- Ephesians 1:17–18 — That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and… 6 votes
- Exodus 4:11 — And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the… 6 votes
- Acts 26:18 — To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they… 4 votes
Pointed to from (10)
- Isaiah 35:5 — Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. 18 votes
- Psalms 94:9 — He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? 8 votes
- Isaiah 29:18 — And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of… 7 votes
- 1 Kings 3:9 — Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and… 7 votes
Proverbs 20:13
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Points to (12)
- Romans 12:11 — Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; 12 votes
- Proverbs 19:15 — Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. 12 votes
- Romans 13:11 — And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer… 10 votes
- Proverbs 12:11 — He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of… 10 votes
- Proverbs 10:4 — He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. 10 votes
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10 — For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. 8 votes
Pointed to from (3)
- Proverbs 19:15 — Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. 8 votes
- Proverbs 31:15 — She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. 7 votes
- Proverbs 10:4 — He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. 7 votes
Proverbs 20:14
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
Points to (2)
- 1 Thessalonians 4:6 — That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all… 2 votes
- Hosea 12:7–8 — He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. 0 votes
Pointed to from (2)
- Proverbs 21:6 — The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. 4 votes
- 1 Thessalonians 4:6 — That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all… 3 votes
Proverbs 20:15
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Points to (13)
- Proverbs 25:12 — As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear. 6 votes
- Proverbs 8:11 — For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. 6 votes
- Proverbs 16:24 — Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. 4 votes
- Proverbs 16:16 — How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver! 4 votes
- Romans 10:14–15 — How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom… 3 votes
- Ecclesiastes 12:9–11 — And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed,… 3 votes
Pointed to from (10)
- Proverbs 31:10 — Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. 13 votes
- Proverbs 24:4 — And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. 10 votes
- Proverbs 10:11 — The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. 6 votes
- Proverbs 8:11 — For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. 6 votes
Proverbs 20:16
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Points to (9)
- Proverbs 27:13 — Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. 6 votes
- Exodus 22:26–27 — If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth… 4 votes
- Proverbs 22:26–27 — Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. 3 votes
- Proverbs 11:15 — He that is surety for a stranger shall smart and he that hateth suretiship is sure. 3 votes
- Proverbs 23:27 — For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. 2 votes
- Proverbs 7:10 — And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. 2 votes
Pointed to from (9)
- Proverbs 27:13 — Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. 8 votes
- Proverbs 6:1 — My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, 8 votes
- Proverbs 22:27 — If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee? 5 votes
- Exodus 22:26 — If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth… 5 votes
Proverbs 20:17
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Points to (7)
- Ecclesiastes 11:9 — Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the… 7 votes
- Proverbs 9:17–18 — Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 6 votes
- Lamentations 3:15–16 — He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood. 4 votes
- Job 20:12–20 — Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; 4 votes
- Hebrews 11:25 — Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; 3 votes
- Proverbs 4:17 — For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. 2 votes
Pointed to from (4)
- Proverbs 9:17 — Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 12 votes
- Lamentations 3:16 — He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes. 5 votes
- Proverbs 4:17 — For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. 3 votes
- Job 20:12 — Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; 3 votes
Proverbs 20:18
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
Points to (13)
- Luke 14:31 — Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be… 8 votes
- Proverbs 24:6 — For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety. 8 votes
- Proverbs 15:22 — Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established. 8 votes
- Proverbs 11:14 — Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. 5 votes
- Judges 1:1–2 — Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall… 5 votes
- Judges 20:18 — And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which… 4 votes
Pointed to from (19)
- Proverbs 15:22 — Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established. 22 votes
- Proverbs 11:14 — Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. 20 votes
- Proverbs 24:6 — For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety. 9 votes
- Luke 14:31 — Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be… 6 votes
Proverbs 20:19
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
Points to (8)
- Proverbs 11:13 — A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter. 8 votes
- Romans 16:18 — For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair… 6 votes
- Proverbs 18:8 — The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. 6 votes
- Proverbs 13:3 — He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. 6 votes
- Leviticus 19:16 — Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of… 5 votes
- Proverbs 24:21 — My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change: 4 votes
Pointed to from (15)
- Proverbs 13:3 — He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. 28 votes
- Proverbs 11:13 — A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter. 13 votes
- 1 Timothy 5:13 — And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also… 10 votes
- Leviticus 19:16 — Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of… 9 votes
Proverbs 20:20
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Points to (15)
- Exodus 21:17 — And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. 14 votes
- Proverbs 30:11 — There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. 11 votes
- Proverbs 30:17 — The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it… 8 votes
- Jude 1:13 — Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of… 7 votes
- Matthew 15:4 — For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die… 7 votes
- Proverbs 24:20 — For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. 7 votes
Pointed to from (22)
- Exodus 20:12 — Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 17 votes
- Ephesians 6:2 — Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) 11 votes
- Proverbs 30:11 — There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. 8 votes
- Proverbs 13:9 — The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. 7 votes
Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Points to (10)
- 1 Timothy 6:9 — But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which… 9 votes
- Proverbs 13:22 — A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the… 8 votes
- Proverbs 28:8 — He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. 7 votes
- Habakkuk 2:6 — Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him… 6 votes
- Proverbs 28:22 — He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him. 6 votes
- Proverbs 28:20 — A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. 6 votes
Pointed to from (8)
- Proverbs 10:22 — The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. 30 votes
- Proverbs 13:11 — Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase. 13 votes
- Proverbs 21:5 — The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want. 8 votes
- Proverbs 21:6 — The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. 7 votes
Proverbs 20:22
Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
Points to (14)
- Romans 12:17–19 — Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. 146 votes
- 1 Thessalonians 5:15 — See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves,… 127 votes
- Proverbs 24:29 — Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work. 112 votes
- Proverbs 17:13 — Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. 108 votes
- 1 Peter 3:9 — Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto… 101 votes
- Deuteronomy 32:35 — To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity… 86 votes
Pointed to from (13)
- Romans 12:19 — Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is… 49 votes
- 1 Peter 3:9 — Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto… 41 votes
- Psalms 27:14 — Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. 40 votes
- Psalms 37:7 — Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way,… 37 votes
Proverbs 20:23
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
Points to (5)
- Proverbs 20:10 — Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. 8 votes
- Hosea 12:7 — He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. 6 votes
- Ezekiel 45:10 — Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. 5 votes
- Proverbs 11:1 — A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. 5 votes
- Amos 8:5 — Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat,… 3 votes
Pointed to from (8)
- Proverbs 11:1 — A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. 18 votes
- Proverbs 20:10 — Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. 5 votes
- Amos 8:5 — Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat,… 4 votes
- Proverbs 16:11 — A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work. 4 votes
Proverbs 20:24
Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
Points to (9)
- Proverbs 16:9 — A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. 37 votes
- Jeremiah 10:23 — O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. 34 votes
- Psalms 25:12 — What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. 29 votes
- Psalms 37:23 — The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. 23 votes
- Psalms 25:4 — Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. 20 votes
- Proverbs 14:8 — The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit. 9 votes
Pointed to from (5)
- Proverbs 16:9 — A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. 100 votes
- Jeremiah 10:23 — O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. 55 votes
- Proverbs 21:1 — The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. 34 votes
- Proverbs 16:1 — The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD. 21 votes
Proverbs 20:25
It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
Points to (9)
- Ecclesiastes 5:4–6 — When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou… 8 votes
- Matthew 5:33 — Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt… 6 votes
- Numbers 30:2–16 — If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word,… 4 votes
- Leviticus 27:9–10 — And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that any man giveth of such unto the… 4 votes
- Malachi 3:8–10 — Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. 3 votes
- Proverbs 18:7 — A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. 3 votes
Pointed to from (10)
- Ecclesiastes 5:2 — Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in… 9 votes
- Ecclesiastes 5:5 — Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. 6 votes
- Proverbs 18:13 — He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him. 5 votes
- Deuteronomy 23:23 — That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou… 5 votes
Proverbs 20:26
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
Points to (5)
- Proverbs 20:8 — A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. 7 votes
- 2 Samuel 12:31 — And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and… 4 votes
- Psalms 101:5–8 — Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will… 3 votes
- 2 Samuel 4:9–12 — And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As… 3 votes
- Isaiah 28:27–28 — For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the… 2 votes
Pointed to from (8)
- Psalms 101:8 — I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the… 8 votes
- Proverbs 20:8 — A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. 6 votes
- Psalms 72:4 — He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the… 4 votes
- 1 Kings 2:6 — Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace. 3 votes
Proverbs 20:27
The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
Points to (8)
- 1 Corinthians 2:11 — For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God… 42 votes
- Hebrews 4:12–13 — For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the… 32 votes
- Job 32:8 — But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. 27 votes
- 1 John 3:19–21 — And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. 15 votes
- Romans 2:15 — Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their… 14 votes
- Genesis 2:7 — And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and… 14 votes
Pointed to from (4)
- 1 Corinthians 2:11 — For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God… 17 votes
- Luke 11:36 — If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when… 10 votes
- Psalms 18:28 — For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. 10 votes
- Genesis 2:7 — And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and… 8 votes
Proverbs 20:28
Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
Points to (8)
- Proverbs 16:12 — It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness. 6 votes
- Proverbs 29:14 — The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever. 5 votes
- Psalms 101:1 — [A Psalm of David.] I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing. 5 votes
- Psalms 26:1 — [A Psalm of David.] Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD;… 5 votes
- Isaiah 16:5 — And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David,… 4 votes
- Proverbs 16:6 — By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil. 4 votes
Pointed to from (9)
- Proverbs 3:3 — Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: 9 votes
- Psalms 40:11 — Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually… 7 votes
- Proverbs 16:6 — By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil. 6 votes
- Proverbs 25:5 — Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness. 5 votes
Proverbs 20:29
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
Points to (4)
- 1 John 2:14 — I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto… 15 votes
- Proverbs 16:31 — The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. 10 votes
- Leviticus 19:32 — Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD. 8 votes
- Jeremiah 9:23–24 — Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might,… 7 votes
Pointed to from (6)
- Proverbs 16:31 — The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. 17 votes
- Genesis 25:8 — Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered… 10 votes
- Leviticus 19:32 — Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD. 9 votes
- 1 John 2:13 — I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men,… 4 votes
Proverbs 20:30
The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
Points to (5)
- Hebrews 12:10 — For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be… 14 votes
- Proverbs 22:15 — Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. 8 votes
- Proverbs 19:25 — Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand… 6 votes
- Isaiah 53:5 — But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace… 5 votes
- Isaiah 27:9 — By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when… 3 votes
Pointed to from (2)
- Proverbs 20:27 — The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. 10 votes
- Isaiah 27:9 — By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when… 2 votes